Training camp at Saint Vincent College wasn’t just another stop on Will Howard’s football journey. It was the place where a sixth-round rookie from Ohio State – fresh off a national championship – was getting his first real taste of NFL life. The drills, the huddles, the quarterback room alongside Aaron Rodgers. This was the stuff he’d pictured since he was a kid tossing a football in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. “It’s my childhood dream…I’ve been playing since I was 7 years old, and I’m loving it,” Howard said in July.

And by late July, Howard was no longer just the fourth quarterback in Steelers camp. The rookie had quietly leapfrogged into third-team reps, turning heads with a steady command in drills. The preseason was supposed to be his live audition. If he performed well

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