Former Steelers Super Bowl-winning general manager becomes latest in growing list of NFL personnel heading to college football
When Bill Belichick headed to college football a few weeks ago, many heads were turned. A coach many had pegged as an NFL lifer, he and many others in the NFL have started a trend of going and coaching or managing the game on Saturday. Former Steelers GM Kevin Colbert is the latest to do […]
When Bill Belichick headed to college football a few weeks ago, many heads were turned.
A coach many had pegged as an NFL lifer, he and many others in the NFL have started a trend of going and coaching or managing the game on Saturday.
Former Steelers GM Kevin Colbert is the latest to do so…
Kevin Colbert heading to a consulting role at Colorado State
Colorado State is bringing on former Pittsburgh Steelers GM Kevin Colbert as a consultant, part of the school’s push to stay at the forefront for the new era of college football. Colbert will help coach Jay Norvell and the school’s player personnel department set up systems for building a football front office.
– Pete Thamel, ESPN (Via X-Twitter)
Colbert was the matriarch of two Steelers Super Bowl wins and three appearances. He had countless draft picks that made Pro Bowls, and All-Pro teams and could be Hall of Famers with names like Ben Roethlisberger, James Harrison, Hines Ward, and Antonio Brown to name a few.
But on his way out, whether he was forced to or not, he gave the Steelers Kenny Pickett, who was gone less than two years from the night he gave him a call to be the next franchise QB, though Art Rooney thinks there's nothing to be learned from that…
"It's disappointing that Kenny didn't work out to be our long-term quarterback, and I'm not sure there's a lot to be learned from that," Rooney said on Monday. "We just have to look at the next opportunity."
Either way, Colbert had one of the best runs of any GM this century. He was a part of the crew that hired Mike Tomlin, and he won championships amidst a dynastic run from the New England Patriots.
There was some pushback on his lack of inclusion of analytics and new-era methods for scouting the draft towards the end of his tenure in Pittsburgh, but when your gut feeling produces the resume he has, it's hard to blame him.
We'll see if he can carry that instinct over to Colorado State.
Damaging statement from Pittsburgh’s brass proves the Steelers have seemingly learned nothing from the Kenny Pickett draft pick
Not the lesson it was intended to be.
