Steve signs with agent

So, Steve ended his college career after the Poinsettia Bowl officially by signing with an agent. He's going with David Canter (you can see his profile here: Steve's Agent). We sat with David for a while, and he seems like a great guy and very well connected. He single-handedly pulled the strings to get Steve into the Hula Bowl.

I'm pretty optimistic about Steve's chances of making it in the NFL. His career has shown that he can make plays. He's had consecutive years of being the top tackler for the Utes, with each of those years being able to get more than 100 tackles. He has a nose for the ball. He's deceptively very quick (see the TCU game and BYU games where he went man to man against their best players, and didn't let any plays get made: Aaron Brown for TCU and Austin Collie and Dennis Pita for BYU). And pound for pound, he's much stronger than likely any other safety coming out. Not to mention, Weddle has likely helped his cause by having such a great year in his first year with the Chargers. Not to mention, he's played with the best of the best (he's been teammates with Kevin Curtis, Chris Cooley, Adi Jimoh, Alex Smith, John Madsen, as well as Weddle), and against the best (beginning his freshman year, he's played against Rohan Davies, Dominick Davis, LeBrandon Toefield, Josh Reid, Luke Staley, Brandon Doman, David Carr, Joey Harrington, Sammy Parker, Onterio Smith, PJ Daniels, Calvin Johnson, Hank Baskett, Brian Brohm, John Beck, Chris Henry, Mike Bell, and many other great players), and that's why he'll be confident enough to show well in any camp or try-out that he gets invited to. That's also why I think he'll likely end up in the league.

At this point, it's a waiting game. But Steve has the work ethic and the ambition to work his tail off, and he's competitive enough that he's not going to let anybody beat him out if he thinks he's better than him.