Steelers Draft Recap

by doubled187 | 4 years ago | 0 Comments

Steelers have welcomed their new players to training camp and after the first 4 weeks of preason there are some interesting take aways. To recap the draft the Steelers selected the following players:

1-2 Gordon Morris CB Vanderbilt 

1-11 Nathan Strong DT UCF

2-14 Pat Elam MLB N.C. State

3-11 Colin Austin QB Michigan

4-11 Jimmy Linton MLB Arkansas State

5-11 LaDarius Linton LT Tennesse

6-11 Josh Boatwright LT Alabama

7-11 Henry Nelson P Iowa

1st round pick Gordon Morris impressed in camp and will be #2 on the depth chart entering this season starting alongside Minkah Fitzpatrick. 1st round pick Nathan Strong came to camp out of shape a bit and was not as physical as he looked at UCF. He was drated to be 4-3 DT and 3-4 DE there are rumbling of him making the switch to 4-3 DE as of know he is #3 on DT depth chart. 2nd round pick Pat Elam was considered to be a reach when drated in the second round and most had him going in the 5-6th round range. He impressed early in camp with his speed and eye for the ball at lb and got the starting spot at MLB. 3rd round pick QB Colin Austin was dominant at Michigan and when he was still available in the 3rd round the Steelers just had to take him as he was there highest rated QB on the board with a 2nd round grade from them. 4th round pick Jimmy Linton had a dominant college career at Arkansas State was drafted to ensure depth at the MLB position. He had some flashes of what the Steelers were looking for in camp but appears to be a special teams player and quality depth. 5th round pick LaDarius Linton started two years in college at LT and was a solid player. He learned a lot in his first professional camp but still not enough to start on a talented Steelers offensive line. 6th round pick Josh Boatwright out of Alabama appears to be a late round gem for the Steelers. He showed up in shape and focused and appears to have locked up the 5th spot in the Steelers offensive line starting at LG. 7th rd pick punter Henry Nelson failed to impress anyone at the Steelers organization when drafted. He reported to camp wearing political shirts and rocking a hipster man bun so he was promptly cut from the Steelers organization. Looks like he has landed on the Falcons practice squad as of now but surely that will not last... I mean the guy is wearing a man bun.