A look at the newest member of the Steelers... Jerrod Johnson

Jerrod Johnson, a Texas A&M legend and record smashing quarterback who did not enter the NFL Draft was picked up recently by the Pittsburgh Steelers. A sweet steal that the Texans really feel asleep on. Jerrod Johnson the 6'5 250 lbs scrambling quarterback who broke all the Texas A&M records and holds multiple Big 12 records was picked up by the Steelers as they now have seen, as of all the NFL, how a QB of his size and speed can just dominate a game. Cam Newton? The other QB who is exactly 6'5 250 and can run making defensive coordinators look stupid? Yea, the Steelers saw that success and with the right system knew what the Eagles where trying to pick up but just did not have enough roster space.

Jerrod Johnson from 2007-2010 passed over 8,000  yards 67 touchdowns and 27 interceptions. In 2009 his TD-INT ratio was 30-8. That same year he also rushed over 500 yards and 8 touchdowns. His total rushing numbers where 877 yards for 16 touchdowns. He still currently holds the Big 12 record for throwing 242 consecutive passes without a interception. Jerrod went undrafted in 2011 the year of Cam, because Jerrod did not even enter the draft after he was coming off a shoulder injury. Jerrod did enter the UFL draft and went 1st overall , he spent the summer offseason of 2011 training with the Hartford Colonials and then was picked up during training camp by the Philadelphia Eagles and spent training camp and preseason with the Eagles before he was released at the end of preseason due to too many quarterbacks under contract on the roster of Michael Vick, Vince Young, and Mike Kafka(notice the running ability in the first two). After his release he continued to train after being picked up by UFL team Arizona Rattlers. Jerrod maintained training to stay in shape and rehabbing his shoulder and maintaing practice under game speed. After the crazy rookie sensation successes of Cam Newton a few teams started to dig back up Jerrod Johnson and loved his exact size and speed of Cam, and his proven accuracy and big arm through college while at Texas A&M. Jerrod can throw with the best of them and showed it during his tenure at Texas A&M while dominating the Big 12 while having a below sub par offensive line. Jerrod just doesn't run well    
but runs smart and fast. Because his line was pretty awful he would run around in the back just to by time to be able to throw a big bomb, not just take off for a first down or more. The difference between him and Cam during college was that Cam would check one or two recivers and then just take off, Jerrod was all about the pass and would by the pass game more time with his legs and after that then he would take off and run, and as you see with Cam, Jerrod was hard to take down due to his size. I was hoping the Texans where going to invite him to training camp this year even though Jerrod flew under the national radar Aggies always get noticed by coach Kubiak. Now that the Steelers have signed him everyone should definitely keep a eye on the steelers especially during preseason. The Steelers are not brining back their aging back up Charlie Batch but still keeping Byron Leftwich. Look for Jerrod to beat out Byron for the second string position as he was signed to a contract in January to the Steelers and not just invited to a training camp like he was with the Eagles. Im surprised that no Aggies are talking about this or being excited so hopefully i will help get this news out there. Everyone is talking about Tannehill in the Draft being taken in the first round, but to compare him to Jerrod who lost his job due to injury, im taking Jerrod every day of the week over Tannehill. Watch out for Jerrod as he has the size and speed of a Cam and we all saw how well that worked out for him as he put out the greatest rookie quarterback performance in history. Keep a eye on Jerrod this year during the August preseason.