As we reported earlier this afternoon, the Steelers had an especially heavy presence at the Baylor Pro Day today.

Mike Tomlin, Kevin Colbert and Joe Greene were just some of the staff members on hand to watch defensive lineman Andrew Billings go through his paces.

According to James Palmer of NFL Network it appears the Steelers took the initiative to get to know the potential 1st round pick a little better by taking him out to dinner on Tuesday night as well. A dinner with “Mean” Joe even, a fellow Texas born native, who grew up less than 90 miles away from the young draft prospect:

You could see the excitement on Andrew Billings' face when he told me he got the chance to have dinner with Mean Joe Greene last night — James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) March 16, 2016

To hear Billings was excited by his meeting with “Mean” Joe is understandable, given the legendary player he got a chance to meet with and an honor many in SteelerNation will love to have had.

Corey Coleman and Mean Joe Greene at Baylor Pro Day. pic.twitter.com/1YSG7PaYqL — James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) March 16, 2016

Given his years in scouting for the Steelers, although officially retired these days, Greene was often used to evaluate the quality of a prospects character. The fact that the team brought in Greene to clearly assess Billings, says a lot about how interested they must be in him ahead of the draft. There is a good chance Billings would be available to the Steelers with pick no. 25.

By all accounts Billings looked good in his drills and tests, that can only have impressed the watching Steelers representatives:

At the end of the Baylor Pro Day, David Smoak of ESPN had a chance to talk to “Mean” Joe and ask him a little about his thoughts on the days activities and Andrew Billings in particular.

I caught up with Steelers Legend/Temple Dunbar High Joe Greene at #ProDayBU #YMTC https://t.co/85725AUi7r — David Smoak (@DavidSmoak) March 16, 2016

If you click on the link above you will be able to hear a short interview, but for those of you unable to listen to audio right now, we have transcribed much of what “Mean” Joe said:

“Today I’m just looking at those defensive lineman, this is my first time out in two years, so what a better place to come than hometown, this is like hometown.” “(Billings) He has the body type for the position, he’s strong, he’s quick and I saw a little nasty in him”

Many did not expect Billings to run in the 40-yard dash, given he had put up a decent time at the NFL Scouting Combine. Greene had an interesting perspective on Billings change in heart and also stressed the importance of family and support that the young prospect has behind him:

“That means he is a competitor, he had a time that he ran at Indianapolis at the Combine and he wanted to beat that, and we talked a little bit last night and he said he probably wasn’t going to run, but he came in here today, saw the excitement that was surrounding his teammates and he decided to be a part of it.”

DT Andrew Billings running the 40-yard dash at #ProDayBU https://t.co/UQnhgkK8wb — Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) March 16, 2016

“These young men that are coming in to a new environment, it is so important that they have support at home, because it really is easy to go in the wrong direction and you can be down that path and not even know it, but that support at home definitely helps.”

Greene was taken by the Steelers in the 1st round in 1969 out of North Texas University, a relatively unknown school at that point and went to high school in Temple, so it is no surprise he can relate to the much younger Billings born in Waco, Texas.

We hope to have a bit more about Billings later in the week as we will be looking into this exciting prospect in more detail. Until then, here are a few highlights of the potential Steelers draft target, as compiled by Blake Harris and the good people of Harris Highlights, who do exceptional work in putting so many of these videos together: