Speaker 1: With the eighty fourth pick in the twenty twenty four
Speaker 1: NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers select Roman Wilson, wide receiver
Speaker 1: Michigan Ultra ultra competitive, strong hands, big time speed down
Speaker 1: the field, showed the ability to run every single route
Speaker 1: on the route tree.
Speaker 2: You'll have a lot of erstilities, got lot instincts, high
Speaker 2: football character. Guy.
Speaker 3: Welcome to Pittsburgh. First of all, is it crazy that
Speaker 3: you were going to be playing with the herbig brothers?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's pretty crazy. Nick. Yeah, yeah, from
Speaker 2: a just their story alone, like how they got together
Speaker 2: on the same team and it's like now I'm getting
Speaker 2: to join in too, Like that's pretty cool.
Speaker 3: What do you remember most about, you know, being able
Speaker 3: to grow up with them and playing with Nick.
Speaker 2: Especially with Nick, just competing him on defense, him being
Speaker 2: a leader on defense and him being me being a
Speaker 2: leader on offense. Just competing every day, talking trash, going
Speaker 2: at each other. But you know, it's all loved the
Speaker 2: other day. But that's that's what sticks out.
Speaker 3: Your commitment and your family's commitment to go to that
Speaker 3: high school. Just take us through the plane rides to
Speaker 3: go to school. The sacrifices that were probably made to
Speaker 3: continue the dream of football.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm the plane rides. Looking back at it, it
Speaker 2: wasn't that bad. But in the moment, you know, it
Speaker 2: was hard. Being away from our family, being away from
Speaker 2: our friends, kind of being by myself growing up a
Speaker 2: lot that was that was really hard to do. And
Speaker 2: my family sacrificed so much for me to just for
Speaker 2: me to have that opportunity. You know, my mom had
Speaker 2: three jobs, my dad has some jobs that you know,
Speaker 2: he didn't want to work. He was working a long
Speaker 2: time in and yeah, it's really just my family just
Speaker 2: sacrifice so much for me, just for the chance of
Speaker 2: for me to get here, and I'm so proud that
Speaker 2: I'm able to, you know, do.
Speaker 3: That for them. Some of your former coaches have said
Speaker 3: just the desire to be great has been ingrained in you,
Speaker 3: and it's very obvious. Do you think that started back
Speaker 3: then or even further back in your life.
Speaker 2: I don't know, maybe even even further. I just feel
Speaker 2: like even if it's something I'm not, you know, good at,
Speaker 2: it could be table tennis. You know, I'm I'm working
Speaker 2: at it. You know, I hate to lose. I love
Speaker 2: to win, and uh, you know, I just want to
Speaker 2: be the best at whatever I'm doing. You know, I
Speaker 2: don't whoever's in front of me, I'm gonna go to chase.
Speaker 2: I might keep chasing them until I get them.
Speaker 3: Well, so what's up man?
Speaker 1: How you doing?
Speaker 3: Hey? Welcome to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Speaker 1: Ben, Hey, I'm you excited?
Speaker 3: Getting it cool man conversations with having a mobile and
Speaker 3: all of that stuff, getting to.
Speaker 2: Know each other.
Speaker 3: That's just football life though, man, That's why we worked. Man.
Speaker 3: What was it like for you when you got the
Speaker 3: call and you found out where you were finally gonna
Speaker 3: start your NFL career? Yeah?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I was really excited to come to
Speaker 2: the Steelers. It's one of the teams where I thought
Speaker 2: it was the best fit for me, the best environment
Speaker 2: for me. But you know, honestly, when I got the call,
Speaker 2: I was upset. You know, I watched a lot of
Speaker 2: receivers get taken in front of me. I give me
Speaker 2: some motivation, the chick them my shoulders. So you know,
Speaker 2: I'm ready to prove a lot of people wrong.
Speaker 3: Why do you think you fit here?
Speaker 2: Just being being a guy who can come in play
Speaker 2: and you know, expand the offense a little bit. I
Speaker 2: feel like I'm gonna do a good job at that
Speaker 2: and I'm going to help the quarterback make plays and
Speaker 2: failed him a good guy. I feel like I fit
Speaker 2: the culture here.
Speaker 3: Your speed did you realize when you were super young,
Speaker 3: like I'm really fast?
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, just racing like racing kids at elementary school.
Speaker 2: Like I knew I was fast.
Speaker 3: Have you had a chance to talk to Russell Wilson
Speaker 3: or any of the Steelers' quarterbacks.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he called me last night. You know, I kind
Speaker 2: of caught me by surprise a little bit. And he's
Speaker 2: just a great guy. One thing that shot out is
Speaker 2: he's just ready to get to work.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 2: I think I think he's ready to approve a.
Speaker 3: Lot of people on can you take us inside the
Speaker 3: pro day dinner? Arthur Smith, the offensive coordinator, was talking
Speaker 3: about that and just how he kind of gravitated towards
Speaker 3: you too.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I mean at the dinner, it was
Speaker 2: just great vibes. You know, Coach Shalman said a lot
Speaker 2: of times like this is not a formal meeting. You know,
Speaker 2: we're not dressed up nicely, we're not doing anything. Like
Speaker 2: everyone just sit down, which has good, good conversation, good
Speaker 2: vibes and that's exactly what he did. It was great.
Speaker 3: What do you think about this wide receiver room being
Speaker 3: that it's revamped, not that you were here last year forward,
Speaker 3: but that they're doing things a little bit differently.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean it's only my first day here, so
Speaker 2: you know, I don't know too much, but you know,
Speaker 2: I'm just really excited to get the work and go
Speaker 2: in there and the show those guys who I am
Speaker 2: and fond with them and build relationships and you know,
Speaker 2: just try to become one of the better receiver cords
Speaker 2: in the country right now in the NFL.
Speaker 3: All right, well, thanks for getting welcome, Thank you, thank you.