Donnie

On the hotline right now is Don Hall, head coach of the Gateway Gators, and he coached the Steelers' newest acquisition in high school, Jaquan Brisker, who is coming home to the Steel City.

Coach, what were your feelings when you heard that news, when you saw that news across your timeline last night?

Well, he did you a favor then.

You couldn't make it out to Chicago to see him, so he decided to come back home.

So now you're going to get plenty of chances, at least next season, to go see him.

What type of kid was he in high school?

How was he to coach at that level?

Is there a certain moment that you can think of or at what point did you come to the realization of, hey, I'm coaching a kid who has a real shot to make it to the NFL?

Is it almost like a proud dad moment as a former coach of his at the high school level when a player like that does make it to the NFL, when he gets to hear his name called in late April?

When did you first meet him and what was that first impression like?

Talking to Don Hall, the head coach at Gateway, the former head coach of Jaquan Brisker, who the Steelers signed last night.

Brisker having a great career at Penn State as well.

Don, he had to make a stop at a junior college first before he made his way to Penn State.

Were you involved in the recruiting process with him?

I mean, that's something that high school head coaches...

Do you guys still talk fairly often?

Have you reached out to him since this news broke last night?

How do you feel about the new conference realignment?

Wanted to get that one in before we let you go.

The Gateway Gators head football coach, Don Hall.