Aaron Donald was absolutely dominant in college as a defensive tackle, despite being undersized for the position. The Rams drafted him in 2014 and kept him on the interior, but at least two teams saw him playing a different spot in the NFL.
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During an appearance on the “Not Just Football” podcast with Cameron Heyward, Donald revealed that the Pittsburgh Steelers asked him if he would play linebacker in the NFL. The Arizona Cardinals also saw him as a linebacker.
“There’s a chance I go to the Pittsburgh Steelers, but I was like, ‘Nah, they asked me, would I want to play linebacker?’ At the time, I’m like, ‘Yeah, I’ll play wherever y’all want me to play,’” he recalled.
Heyward’s reaction says it all.
“They wanted you to play linebacker?” Heyward asked, almost stunned.
“They wanted me to be a stand-up guy,” Donald said. “They wanted me to be – like, Arizona, the Steelers, had me on the board doing linebacker— just running through the stuff. They wanted me to kind of rush from a two-point stance. I never did it but hey, I work hard enough, I’ll get used to it.”
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