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Olympic Wrestler Gable Steveson is working with Von Miller every day to get better

Olympic Wrestler Gable Steveson is working with Von Miller every day to get better
Olympic Wrestler Gable Steveson is working with Von Miller every day to get better

Even though Gable Steveson has never played professional football, he is going to learn from one of the best pass rushers in the history of the NFL.

Buffalo Bills veteran pass rusher Von Miller, told Pro Football Talk’s Michael David Smith, that he is working with the young Olympian daily.

“His locker is right next to mine, and right when we signed him he texted me like, ‘I’m going to be on your hip, my locker is right next to yours.’ I said, ‘Alright, it’s cool.’ But it didn’t really hit me until we’re in there talking to him and he’s just now playing football, learning some of the stuff that we did when we were kids. He has to be on an accelerated learning path, which he’s capable of doing,” Miller said. “When it comes to an athletic standpoint, physical standpoint, he’s got it all. When he came in yesterday I had to try him a little bit, try to grapple him a little bit, and he was quick, and he grabbed me, and I see it, I feel it. So he’s definitely got all the athletic ability in the world.”

It is not impossible for Steveson to make it, remember Stephen Neal played in the NFL for over a decade. He had no college football experience and was solid after spending his first year on the practice squad.

Working with an 8-time Pro Bowler is going to help the young wrestler.

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