When the Pittsburgh Steelers announced Harmon as their 21st overall pick to select the Detroit-raised Harmon, he picked up the phone with a range of emotions in a “bittersweet” moment, he told reporters, because his mother couldn’t be there. But he’s headed up to the hospital to tell her that her son is a first-round NFL draft pick.

Derrick Harmon’s mother, Tiffany Saine, died shortly after the former Oregon defensive tackle was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers.