Son of WWE Hall of Famer Scott Steiner in Saints rookie camp | Saints
Brock Rechsteiner has wrestling in his blood and soccer in his coronary heart.
So it is simple to grasp why the undrafted rookie broad receiver plans to take advantage of of his alternative to check out for the New Orleans Saints.
“I want to do football as long as I can,” Rechsteiner mentioned. “Once that’s done, I will pursue wrestling.”
Those future objectives should not come as a shock.
Afterall, Rechsteiner comes from professional wrestling royalty.
His dad Scott Rechsteiner, who wrestled underneath the aliases Scott Steiner and Big Poppa Pump, is a former wrestling champion and a member of the WWE Hall of Fame.
His uncle Rick Steiner was his father’s tag group companion, forming one of the game’s finest tandems.
And his first cousin Bronson Rechsteiner, who at present wrestles in the WWE as Bron Breaker, participated in WrestleMania in April.
Brock attended WrestleMania in Las Vegas and would really like nothing greater than to take part in WWE’s most important occasion sometime, too. But for now, he is extra in getting on a group and making an attempt to play in a Super Bowl than being an element of WrestleMania.
Rechsteiner caught 36 passes for 383 yards and 5 touchdowns this previous season at Jacksonville State.
He attended rookie camp with the Tennessee Titans final week.
“I got some good feedback there,” Rechsteiner mentioned.
Now he is making an attempt to make use of what he discovered in Nashville final week in New Orleans this week. He’s no less than caught the eye of Saints’ receivers coach Keith Williams, who used one other wrestling reference when requested concerning the chiseled 6-foot-2, 225 man carrying the No. 10 Saints’ jersey.
“Yeah, Stone Cold,” Williams mentioned. “He’s form of nasty. I simply advised him, ‘Hey, when you get mad at me, simply do not put me in a small bundle. I do know you’ve got received a number of (wrestling) strikes up your sleeve.’ But yeah, Stone Cold has been nice.”
Although the Saints’ broad receiver room is as crowded as a wrestling ring throughout a battle royal, Rechsteiner likes what he was capable of present on Friday, the primary day of rookie camp. What did he wish to show?
“Just that I belong here,” Rechsteiner mentioned. “I believe I can play at this level. I think I proved today that I can hang with these guys. I just want to make the team.”
To do this, he desires to showcase what he says are his finest belongings.
“My combination of size and speed and strength,” Rechsteiner mentioned. “There aren’t many people as strong as me and as fast as me.”
In addition to receiver, Rechsteiner says he may contribute on particular groups. He’s at all times been athletic.
Growing up proper outdoors of Atlanta, I performed each basketball and soccer. His brother Brandon additionally performs basketball. Brandon is transferring to Kansas State after beforehand enjoying at Virginia Tech and Colorado State. He and Brandon aren’t probably the most well-known brothers in the household although.
That title belongs to their father and their uncle, each inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2022 as one of the best tag groups in wrestling historical past. Perhaps Brock will be part of them in the wrestling Hall of Fame sometime when he switches careers. He hasn’t put a lot thought into what his wrestling identify or ending transfer can be.
“Hopefully I’ll just be Brock Steiner,” he mentioned. “We’ll see.”
But first issues first: making his mark in the NFL.
