{"id":930726,"date":"2026-06-28T03:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T03:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/930726\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T03:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T03:18:21","slug":"eric-ebron-tells-hilarious-story-on-how-mike-tomlin-recruited-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/930726\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Ebron Tells Hilarious Story on How Mike Tomlin Recruited Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steelers News<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"PittsburghPittsburgh Steelers tight end Eric Ebron at minicamp on June 18, 2021. — Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

During an appearance on Cam Heyward\u2019s Not Just Football<\/a> podcast, former Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Eric Ebron<\/a> shared a hilarious story on how Mike Tomlin<\/a> recruited him to Pittsburgh in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had just got out of a bad relationship with Indy. I believe I deserved the contract after I scored f***ing 15 touchdowns and took us to the playoffs. We just never saw eye to eye. So Mike T calls me, \u2018What the f*** are you doing in Indy?\u2019 Exact words, verbatim. I\u2019m like, what are you talking about? He goes, \u2018Man, that dude up there does not like your guts.\u2019 I go, no shit. I probably wouldn\u2019t like me either, right?<\/p>\n

\u2018This is what I\u2019m going to do for you, this is what I\u2019m going to do for you \u2014 two years and we got you.\u2019 I was like I\u2019m coming to Pittsburgh. Like it was that simple. Just the way he approaches, the way he talks to you as a person and not a player. That took me straight to Pittsburgh.\u201d <\/p>\n

Tomlin\u2019s ability to relate to players and earn their respect has been a mainstay for him throughout his coaching career. A Fox Sports survey in 2025 revealed that draft prospects wanted to play for Tomlin the most among head coaches in the NFL.<\/p>\n

With Tomlin no longer in Pittsburgh, it will be interesting to see what kind of effect it has on free agency and player relationships. <\/p>\n

Ebron played eight seasons in the NFL. Four seasons with the Detroit Lions (2014-17), two seasons with the Indianapolis Colts (2018-19) and two seasons with the Steelers (2020-21). <\/p>\n

Ebron revealed to Heyward that he wished he was a Steeler from the start. <\/p>\n

\u201cI wish that was my starting point,\u201d Ebron said. \u201cPittsburgh, what you guys go there, how it was implemented, for people who will never get to experience it \u2014 and I talk to people like Mike Wallace and people that have been there \u2014 dawg, it\u2019s the greatest organization, greatest teammates. Phenomenal.\u201d <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: Cam Heyward<\/a> Eric Ebron<\/a> Mike Tomlin<\/a> Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> Steelers<\/a> Steelers News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers News Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Eric Ebron at minicamp on June 18, 2021. — Ed Thompson \/…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[344,42963,7,1255,6,520,57,2360,426,2395],"class_list":["post-930726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-cam-heyward","tag-eric-ebron","tag-football","tag-mike-tomlin","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-pittsburghsteelers","tag-steelers","tag-steelers-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116825575146186684","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}