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05-14-2017, 09:24 AM
Keion Adams hasn’t met his new teammate James Harrison, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t know him. He knows Harrison, at least from afar, and his story is one from which Adams draws inspiration.
Harrison was an undrafted free agent coming out of Kent State and was cut four times by two teams before he finally made the Steelers in 2004. It was a long road for Harrison, yet he kept working. Thirteen seasons later, he’s still going strong — a five-time Pro-Bowler, two-time Super Bowl champion and 2008 NFL defensive player of the year.
Adams, the Steelers’ seventh-round draft pick (http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2017/05/10/Keion-Adams-signs-with-steelers-seventh-round-nfl-draft-pick-outside-linebacker-western-michigan/stories/201705100208), sees a lot of similarities between himself and Harrison. He, too, played at a Mid-American Conference school (Western Michigan) and was considered a priority free agent or late-round pick because of his size (6-foot-2, 243 pounds). The linebacker was highly productive in college, as he finished his career with 124 tackles, 14½ sacks and five forced fumbles.
“His work ethic and his story and everything that it took for him to be here motivates me,” Adams said of Harrison.........
read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/zeise-is-right/2017/05/12/paul-zeise-keion-adams-steelers-rookie-minicamp-james-harrison/stories/201705120195?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1494622367
Harrison was an undrafted free agent coming out of Kent State and was cut four times by two teams before he finally made the Steelers in 2004. It was a long road for Harrison, yet he kept working. Thirteen seasons later, he’s still going strong — a five-time Pro-Bowler, two-time Super Bowl champion and 2008 NFL defensive player of the year.
Adams, the Steelers’ seventh-round draft pick (http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2017/05/10/Keion-Adams-signs-with-steelers-seventh-round-nfl-draft-pick-outside-linebacker-western-michigan/stories/201705100208), sees a lot of similarities between himself and Harrison. He, too, played at a Mid-American Conference school (Western Michigan) and was considered a priority free agent or late-round pick because of his size (6-foot-2, 243 pounds). The linebacker was highly productive in college, as he finished his career with 124 tackles, 14½ sacks and five forced fumbles.
“His work ethic and his story and everything that it took for him to be here motivates me,” Adams said of Harrison.........
read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/zeise-is-right/2017/05/12/paul-zeise-keion-adams-steelers-rookie-minicamp-james-harrison/stories/201705120195?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1494622367