1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: All right. So here you are retired, you look like 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: you've enjoyed retirement, and then you find out you're in 3 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: the Hall of Honor. It's pretty special. Um. When Mr 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: Rooney gave me a call this summer, you know, it 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,440 Speaker 1: wasn't even on my radar that, um, this was a possibility. 6 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: And you know, it was hard for me to put 7 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: into words how much it meant to me. But after 8 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: giving this some thought, it's it's it's been really neat 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: and I've been able to enjoy it. So I want 10 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: you to put it into words. Put it in the 11 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: words for me. I just think, you know, when I 12 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: when you think about the tradition and the history of 13 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: the Steelers organization, and when I when I was here 14 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: and I was playing here, I just wanted to to 15 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: make a my teammates, uphold the standard with them, and uh, 16 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: you know, to make the guys came before us proud 17 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: and to be mentioned with them in the same breath 18 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: and to be in the same space as them. It's 19 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: a it's a huge compliment. With the thirty choice in 20 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: the two thousand five nf Bell Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers 21 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: select Heath Miller tight end from Virginia. So you get 22 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: to call the Steelers are gonna make you the number 23 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: one pick, their first round pick. Yeah, your thoughts of 24 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: that day. Tell us about that day and what your 25 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: emotions were. Um, well, I try to stay even kill 26 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: because everyone's telling me you really don't know what's going 27 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,559 Speaker 1: to happen, so don't get your heart set on one place, 28 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: which I didn't, but I knew that. The first team 29 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: I met with at the combine was the Steelers, and 30 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: then I came in here for a visit because I 31 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: was injured. I didn't work out at the combine. I 32 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: didn't work out at all for any team, so I 33 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: didn't know how that would affect me going into the draft. 34 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: So that was kind of the unknown. And it got 35 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: to a certain point after a couple of teams didn't 36 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: select me. Then I'm looking down the list and I'm like, well, 37 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: they have a tight end. They have a tight end. 38 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: And the next team was the Steelers, So I'm like, 39 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: if the Steelers don't take me, i don't know where 40 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: I'm going to go after that. So yeah, everything worked 41 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: out perfectly. It did, And are you as a rookie 42 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: came into a team, it was pretty ready made. How 43 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: how was that? And I mean it was as a 44 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: young kid coming into a team with that many star players, 45 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: what was it like? Well, I knew I had to 46 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:13,519 Speaker 1: get my stuff together and I mess up pressure because yeah, 47 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: they were fifteen and one the year before, and um, 48 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: you know, there's just so many great players on that team. 49 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: And um, like I said, I didn't want to let 50 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: the team down. I didn't want to let those guys 51 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: down because a lot of those guys were on the 52 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: back end of their career and you know, this was 53 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: their opportunity to finally win a Super Bowl. And so yeah, 54 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 1: when I stepped in the huddle, I knew that, um, 55 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: you know, it was a good kind of pressure that 56 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: I needed to meet the standard that they expected and 57 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: and earned their trust and respect.