OTAs are just a few days old for the Steelers, but cornerback Levi Wallace, who signed as an unrestricted free agent in March, is feeling right at home with his new teammates.
“This is the first time I have moved teams,” said Wallace. “It’s been good so far. The team has embraced me. The DB room is a great group of guys. Learning the scheme, new plays and stuff. Just getting into the groove. Feeling my way through the defense.”
Wallace spent the first four years of his career with the Buffalo Bills, where he played in 52 career games, starting all of them. He has 219 tackles in four seasons, 171 of them solo stops. He also has recorded 30 passes defensed, six interceptions, seven tackles for a loss, two quarterback hits and a fumble recovery.
Now, he is learning a new defensive scheme, new terminology, new coaches and new teammates, with OTAs extremely valuable for him even though he is a veteran.
“This is the time you start training your eyes, what you are looking at in specific…