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Shortly after Derrick Harmon drafted to the Pittsburgh Steelers, announced that his mother died as he was left reflecting on his inheritance.
“I love you 💔.
Harmon’s mother, Healthy tiffany. He died shortly after Was signed to the Steelers during the NFL 2025 draft on Thursday, April 24. According to the Pittsburgh Post-gazetteHarmon visited Saine in hospital that evening and revealed that he was the 21st general choice in the draft. Saine died seconds later.
According to Harmon, his mother had previously suffered a stroke when he was a student at the University of Michigan in 2021.
“I sat down with my mother and had a discussion,” he remembered ESPN in a profile broadcast on Thursday. “She told me that every decision I made up to this point was for her and it’s time to make a decision for myself.”
When Harmon got the call from the Steelers, he noted that Saine would be excited to him.
“She is currently in hospital on life maintenance, so that was a bit bitter because she worked just as hard as me to reach this moment,” Harmon told reporters on Thursday. “It was a once in a lifetime experience. I’m very excited. After I got off the phone with you, I’m going to go straight to hospital and tell her that her son was drafted.”
According to Harmon, his mother was his greatest motivation for a long time.
“After all those brain surgeries, man, he did not give up,” he added during the media call. “She still needed to practice, still going to work. Always in the back of my head from the start of my college career was, ‘Why can’t I keep going? If I’m tired, injured, whatever it, why can’t I keep going?’ If she can get up and she can hold on after brain surgeries.
After the media conference, Harmon went to his social media to celebrate his NFL selection.
“All this for you !!!” He wrote through Instagram, sharing a childhood picture. “And I’m doing (sic) what you told me I can do a long time ago. I love you until the wheels fall off !!!! ❤️😭. “