Steelers’ top pick chases greatness

of Madison, how the three Watt boys were so busy and so committed to working out and playing sports they never had time for a serious girlfriend. They got the work ethic from their dad, no slouch himself. John Watt held the shot-put record at Pewaukee High School (54 feet, 5½ inches) for 27 years until J.J. broke it with a heave of 59-11¾ . Six years later, T.J. set the record at just over 60 feet in 2013.

“Neither one of them have many outside hobbies, other than trying to be the best,” said Clay Iverson, who coached each of the Watt boys in high school. “That’s the truth. They don’t spend their time doing a whole lot other than trying to be really good at their craft. They have that unique ability you don’t see, especially in today’s day and age, to put away some of the stuff that is allotted them as professional athletes. What they’ve done is impressive.”

Arnett recalled the time last summer he was at J.J.’s house, sitting around and talking with T.J., who was coming off a second knee surgery. Watt had been elevated to the No. 1 outside linebacker with the Badgers, one year after being converted from tight end.

“He made a comment that he was tired of waiting his turn, that he wanted to make his own statement, kind of create his own path,” Arnett said. “To watch that unfold last year was rewarding and fun at the same time.”

Now Watt will try to extend that path with Steelers.

“I’m not satisfied just to be here,” Watt said Friday, standing at a podium, flanked by team president Art Rooney II, coach Mike Tomlin and general manager Kevin Colbert, at his introductory news conference. “I’m chasing greatness.”

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