Georgia wide receiver Tavarres King is headed to Pittsburgh for his pre draft visit, and according to Alex Marvez of Fox Sports on Twitter, Oklahoma wide receiver Justin Brown was in for a pre draft visit on Monday with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Brown, who did not receive an invite to the combine, measures in at 6031 and 207 pounds, ran a 4.60 40 yard dash at his pro day had a vertical jump of 30.5 inches, a 9'09" broad jump, a 4.31 shuttle time and did 8 reps of 225 pounds on the bench. In his one season at Oklahoma at transferring from Penn State, Brown registered 73 catches for 879 yards Read more [...]

According to Georgia wide receiver Tavarres King on Twitter, he is headed to Pittsburgh for a pre drafty visit with the Pittsburgh Steelers. King, who measured in at the NFL combine at 6002 and 189 pounds, ran a 4.40 40 yard dash in Indianapolis and also posted a 36.5 vertical jump, a 10'03" broad jump, a 4.33 short shuttle time and did 11 reps of 225 pounds on the bench. In 56 games played at Georgia, King recorded 136 receptions for 2,602 yards and 21 touchdowns. Possessing 33 inch arms, King has a better than average catch radius. He was targeted 68 times in 2012 and caught 42 of those Read more [...]

As many of you are well aware of by now, I am not high on Tennessee wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson, who only has one year of Division I production under his belt in the form of 46 catches for 778 yards. Patterson also had the lowest catch percentage on the team last season as he was targeted 84 times. (54.8%) Patterson has not yet been brought in for a pre draft visit, but the Steelers did have a full contingency present at the Volunteers pro day, so below the scouting report of Patterson from our buddy Dave-Te Thomas. CORDARRELLE PATTERSON Wide Receiver/Tailback/Return Specialist University Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly had William and Mary cornerback B.W. Webb in for a pre draft visit on Thursday, and once again, our scouting buddy Dave-Te' Thomas was kind enough to give us his detailed scouting report profile on him, which you can read below. Make sure to listen to the last week's episode of the podcast as we had Thomas on for nearly a full hour talking about the Steelers draft and prospects. WILLIAM WILSON “B.W.” WEBB, JR. Cornerback The College of William & Mary Tribe #2 5:10.2-183 Newport News, Virginia Warwick High School OVERVIEW While Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly had Connecticut linebacker Sio Moore in for a pre draft visit on Thursday, and once again, our scouting buddy Dave-Te' Thomas was kind enough to give us his detailed scouting report profile on him, which you can read below. Make sure to listen to the last week's episode of the podcast as we had Thomas on for nearly a full hour talking about the Steelers draft and prospects. SNORSIO ALSTON “Sio” MOORE Outside Linebacker/ Inside Linebacker University of Connecticut Huskies #3 6:00.6-245 Apex, North Carolina Apex High School West Haven Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have reportedly put Michigan State running back Le'Veon Bell through a private workout, and with that now being known, our scouting buddy Dave-Te' Thomas was kind enough to give us his detailed scouting report profile on him, which you can read below. Make sure to listen to the Thursday episode of the podcast as we had Thomas on for nearly a full hour talking about the Steelers draft and prospects. LE’VEON BELL Running back Michigan State University Spartans #24 6:01.3-244 Columbus, Ohio Groveport Madison High School OVERVIEW One look at Bell’s Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers had Utah State cornerback Will Davis in for a pre draft visit on Monday, and our scouting buddy Dave-Te' Thomas was kind enough to give us his detailed scouting report profile on him, which you can read below. Make sure to listen to the Thursday episode of the podcast as we had Thomas on for nearly a full hour talking about the Steelers draft and prospects. WILLIAM “Will” DAVIS Cornerback Utah State University Aggies #17 5:11.3-182 Spokane, Washington De Anza College Central Valley High School OVERVIEW Davis’ long journey to finally find Read more [...]

Tony Pauline is reporting Monday on Twitter that Connecticut cornerback Blidi Wreh-Wilson will have a pre draft visit with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday. Wreh-Wilson measured in at the NFL combine at 6006 and 195 pounds. During the agility drills, the cornerback posted a 4.53 40-yard dash, 1.64 10-yard dash, 2.66 20-yard dash, 4.12 20-yard shuttle, 11.56 60-yard shuttle, 6.97 three-cone drill, 36-inch vertical jump, 10’8” broad jump and bench pressed 225 pounds 14 times. In his 46 games at Connecticut, Wreh-Wilson amassed 180 total tackles, 8 interceptions and 27 pass breakups. Wreh-Wilson Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers had Syracuse safety Shamarko in for a pre draft visit on Monday, and once again, our scouting buddy Dave-Te' Thomas was kind enough to give us his detailed scouting report profile on him, which you can read below. Make sure to listen to the Thursday episode of the podcast as we had Thomas on for nearly a full hour talking about the Steelers draft and prospects. I think you will see that Sharmarko has quite an interesting back story as well. SHAMARKO LANELL THOMAS Strong Safety Syracuse University Orange #21 5:08.7-217 Virginia Beach, Virginia Ocean Read more [...]

Judging college players by stats alone is always a foolish thing to do because each faces a different level of competition and are used differently in a wide variety of offenses. Just because it isnt the end all, do all, however, doesn't mean that isn't totally worth a look. When comparing the top draft hopeful wide receivers for this exercise, we will look at their yards per catch, touchdown percent, first down percent, 15 yard catch percent, 25 yard percent, red zone catch percent and red zone touchdown percent to see how each compare to one another. The stats for each player in the table Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly will have Nevada safety Duke Williams in for a pre draft visit at some point, and once again, our scouting buddy Dave-Te' Thomas was kind enough to give us his detailed scouting report profile on him, which you can read below. Make sure to listen to the latest episode of the podcast as we had Thomas on for nearly a full hour talking about the Steelers draft and prospects. MICHAEL “Duke” WILLIAMS Free/Strong Safety University of Nevada Wolf Pack #5 5:11.0-201 Reno, Nevada Procter R. Hug High School OVERVIEW The safety position is the Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers had Clemson defensive end / outside linebacker Malliciah Goodman in for a pre draft visit on Thursday, and once again, our scouting buddy Dave-Te' Thomas was kind enough to give us his detailed scouting report profile on him, which you can read below. Make sure to listen to the latest episode of the podcast as we had Thomas on for nearly a full hour talking about the Steelers draft and prospects. MALLICIAH GOODMAN Defensive End / Outside Linebacker Clemson University Tigers #97 6:03.5-276 Florence, South Carolina West Florence High school OVERVIEW When Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers had Penn State linebacker Michael Mauti in for a pre draft visit this past Wednesday, and once again, our scouting buddy Dave-Te' Thomas was kind enough to give us his detailed scouting report profile on him, which you can read below. Make sure to listen to the latest episode of the podcast as we had Thomas on for nearly a full hour talking about the Steelers draft and prospects. MICHAEL D. MAUTI Middle/Strong-side Outside Linebacker The Penn State University Nittany Lions #42 6:01.7-243 Mandeville, Louisiana Mandeville High School OVERVIEW The Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers had Fresno State safety Phillip Thomas in for a pre draft visit on Thursday, and once again, our scouting friend Dave-Te' Thomas was kind enough to give us his detailed scouting report profile on him, which you can read below. Make sure to listen to the latest episode of the podcast as we had Thomas on for nearly a full hour talking about the Steelers draft and prospects. PHILLIP THOMAS Strong Safety / Free Safety Fresno State University Bulldogs #16 6:00.5-210 Bakersfield, California Bakersfield High School OVERVIEW It’s a good thing that Thomas Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers had UCLA running back Johnathan Franklin in for a pre draft visit on Thursday, and once again, our scouting buddy Dave-Te' Thomas was kind enough to give us his detailed scouting report profile on him, which you can read below. Make sure to listen to the latest episode of the podcast as we had Thomas on for nearly a full hour talking about the Steelers draft and prospects. JOHNATHAN A. “Jetski” FRANKLIN Running back/Return Specialist University of California, Los Angeles Bruins #23 5:10.0-201 Los Angeles, California Susan Miller Dorsey High School OVERVIEW The Read more [...]

Earlier in the evening it was reported that UCLA running back Johnathan Franklin will be making a pre draft visit on Thursday, and now Fox Sports reports that Nevada safety Duke Williams has a visit to Pittsburgh scheduled as well. Williams, a well put together safety,  measured in at the NFL combine last month at 5110 and 203 pounds. He ran a blazing 4.52 forty yard dash and a 4.00 short shuttle to go along with a 37.5 vertical jump and a 10'06" broad jump. He also did 13 reps on the bench in addition. Williams, who has shown to be a heavy hitting safety that moves like a cornerback, needs Read more [...]

Here we go with mock draft version 3.0 for the Pittsburgh Steelers. As many of you well know by now, I only do five of these during the draft process as I like to watch as much tape possible on players throughout the offseason. The pro days are now pretty much behind us and next up will be the official team visits as the draft is now less than a month away. You can view my previous mock drafts at the links provided, and my next mock draft will likely be out in about two more weeks, just after the NFL schedule is released, and after several pre draft visits are made. ************** If you are Read more [...]

Now that the Pittsburgh Steelers have released linebacker James Harrison it will be up to fourth-year linebacker Jason Worilds to fill his shoes at the right outside linebacker position. Those shoes are large ones at that. Pro Football Focus recently posted about the future of Harrison following his Saturday release and they highlighted his strengths and weaknesses moving forward. As far as his ability to apply pressure on opposing quarterbacks last season, Harrison had a steep drop-off. According to their stats he only had a 9.52% pressure rate in 2012 and that was 7.48% less than it was in Read more [...]

Connecticut linebacker Sio Moore saw his draft stock increase initially thanks to solid weeks at the Senior Bowl and the East-West Shrine Game. Moore continued to turn heads at the NFL combine last week with a 4.65 40 yard dash, 29 bench reps, 38" vertical and a 10'07" broad jump. He was pretty much the combine warrior, at least in the linebacker group. Many consider him a candidate to be drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers and below is my draft profile of him aft yer studying the tape. When you turn on Moore's cut-ups and game tape you will see him play all over the place. He plays on both sides Read more [...]

Now that we have all of the drill times and distances in from the 2013 NFL combine we can have a little fun with the numbers. Below is a table that list the offensive linemen, defensive lineman and linebackers. The table shows the height, weight and four other stats that are derived from various combine numbers and I will explain those next. Keep in mind that the tape trumps everything. This is only a post about playing with the combine results, but it might show you an area of a players game that you might want to go back and watch specifically. KEI - Kirwan Explosive Index - This is the Read more [...]