Giants RB Reveals Welcome-to-NFL Moment With Steelers Legend

For rookies coming into the NFL, they can all look forward to a "welcome to the NFL moment" where they have an interaction with a veteran or a star player that humbles them.

And New York Giants running back Tyrone Tracy Jr. had one of his own in his rookie year this past season.

In a recent appearance on NFL Network's Good Morning Football Friday, the second-year NFC East running back talked about a time where he had a run-in with one of the best Pittsburgh Steelers' best defensive players of all time.

"The one I remember is the Steelers," Tracy said. "So I'm doing my inside zone and I'm thinking the gap is there. If you're a running back, you understand that like the holes is there, until they're not. And Cam Heyward, he's two-gapping, so he's making it look like it's there... He hit me so hard to where I hit my head on the ground and I just kind of had to lay there for a little bit... Yeah, I'm in the NFL. They're just a little bit different."

Tracy started in just 12 games for the Giants in his rookie year, but he was still able to rack up 839 yards and five touchdowns, as he made the most of the opportunities he was given. But as good as he was, it's tough to faze a player of Heyward's caliber.

The 36-year-old defensive lineman has been in the NFL for 14 seasons, and he has been a Pro Bowler seven of those seasons, as well as First Team All-Pro for four of them.

Every NFL rookie is going to have a moment in their first year that humbles them, and Tracy got his from one of the best in the business.