A backup as a rookie in 1999, Joey Porter became the Pittsburgh Steelers starting Right Outside Linebacker in his second season, and it would not take long for the pass-rusher to capture the hearts of the Steelers fanbase.

An All-American at Stanford, David DeCastro was the player with whom the Pittsburgh Steelers used their First Round (24^thOverall) Pick on in the 2012 Draft.

One of the best players to ever play in the NFL, who played collegiate in Northern Colorado, Aaron Smith, was taken in the Fourth Round in 1999.

Casey Hampton was the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year as a Texas Longhorn in 2000, and the Pittsburgh Steelers landed him the following year as the 19^thOverall Pick.