The Mitch Trubisky draft story was a wild one. Here’s a young man who somehow rose to the top of the 2017 class despite starting just 13 games at North Carolina. His mock draft predictions were all over the place. Nobody knew what to expect when the lights went on in April. That included the man himself. Like so many young players about to enter the NFL, Trubisky was nervous.
He wants to succeed. So who better to at least give him some tips on how than the best quarterbacks in the game? In the days leading up to the draft, he reached out to several top names. Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck were among them. Each provided him valuable tips on what he would encounter and would have to do to excel.
However, in a mild surprise they weren’t the ones who provided the best advice in his mind. That came from a fellow Ohioan out in Pittsburgh.
Mitch Trubisky draft advice heavily credits Ben Roethlisberger
Trubisky thinks arguably the best wisdom came from Roethlisberger, who like Manning, is a two-time Super Bowl champion.
“One of the best pieces of advice I got was from Ben Roethlisberger,” Trubisky said. “We have the same agent so I was able to throw with him when I was preparing for the draft. He said, ‘You just have to go in there and be yourself. You have to be confident in your abilities and what you bring to the table. And your career is going to go how you want it to go.
“It sounds cliché, but I think that really resonated with me because you have to take charge of your future, your plan, and what you want to bring to an organization. You have to go in there, be confident, shape things the way you want them to go and have a voice and then people will follow. That was huge for me.”
Roethlisberger may not strike people as the right guy to ask for advice. Then you look at his list of accomplishments. Not only a five-time Pro Bowler with every Steelers passing record. He’s also a two-time Super Bowl champion. Maybe the guy knows what he’s talking about. The fact he came out of the same state with the same list of concerns only makes it more appealing to someone like Trubisky.
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Of course the two men are different athletes with different styles. Hence why the advice was so fitting. The only way Mitch gets where he wants to go in Chicago is by doing things his way.
