stillers4me
05-29-2013, 05:58 PM
Most players can't wait to leave behind the classroom once they move into the NFL. During his three months off from playing last season, Steelers (http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/) right guard David DeCastro willingly returned to it.
Perhaps that's not surprising for someone who was an excellent student at Stanford, but DeCastro's voluminous studying had nothing to do with his college major of management science and engineering.
Rather, he helped teach himself how to become a reliable NFL lineman, with the help of former offensive line coach Sean Kugler and the other Steelers linemen.
While sitting out three months with a serious preseason knee injury, DeCastro carefully watched practice, watched game tape and, most of all, watched his teammates...........
Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/4096856-74/decastro-steelers-nfl#ixzz2Uj1oK8IG
Perhaps that's not surprising for someone who was an excellent student at Stanford, but DeCastro's voluminous studying had nothing to do with his college major of management science and engineering.
Rather, he helped teach himself how to become a reliable NFL lineman, with the help of former offensive line coach Sean Kugler and the other Steelers linemen.
While sitting out three months with a serious preseason knee injury, DeCastro carefully watched practice, watched game tape and, most of all, watched his teammates...........
Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/4096856-74/decastro-steelers-nfl#ixzz2Uj1oK8IG