Lady Steel
02-02-2015, 11:29 AM
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady isn't the only sixth-round pick to play college football in the state of Michigan and become an NFL star.
Steelers receiver Antonio Brown has followed a similar path, including the meteoric rise to stardom.
After one of the best seasons for a wide receiver in NFL history, Brown is the Dapper Dan Sportsman of the Year, another honor in a year in which he was named to the Pro Bowl for a third time and All-Pro for the first time.
Brown, 26, beat out some pretty good competition for this year's award, including a couple Steelers offensive teammates - Ben Roethlisberger and Le'Veon Bell - along with candidates from two other playoff teams, the Pirates and Penguins.
Brown is the first Steelers player to win the award in nine years, since Jerome Bettis in 2005, and their first receiver since Louis Lipps in 1985. Coach Mike Tomlin won the award in 2008. The Dapper Dan Sportsman of the Year has been honored annually by the charity wing of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette since 1939.
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/other-sports/2015/02/01/Sportsman-of-the-Year-Steelers-receiver-Antonio-Brown-a-true-catch/stories/201502010169
Steelers receiver Antonio Brown has followed a similar path, including the meteoric rise to stardom.
After one of the best seasons for a wide receiver in NFL history, Brown is the Dapper Dan Sportsman of the Year, another honor in a year in which he was named to the Pro Bowl for a third time and All-Pro for the first time.
Brown, 26, beat out some pretty good competition for this year's award, including a couple Steelers offensive teammates - Ben Roethlisberger and Le'Veon Bell - along with candidates from two other playoff teams, the Pirates and Penguins.
Brown is the first Steelers player to win the award in nine years, since Jerome Bettis in 2005, and their first receiver since Louis Lipps in 1985. Coach Mike Tomlin won the award in 2008. The Dapper Dan Sportsman of the Year has been honored annually by the charity wing of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette since 1939.
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/other-sports/2015/02/01/Sportsman-of-the-Year-Steelers-receiver-Antonio-Brown-a-true-catch/stories/201502010169