By now, most of you should have already fully digested the Pittsburgh Steelers decision to select Miami cornerback Artie Burns with the 25th overall selection in Thursday’s first round of the 2016 NFL Draft. While the debate will continue as to whether or not the Steelers made a need-reach in selecting Burns with the 25th overall pick, we won’t fully know what kind of player he’ll wind up being in the NFL for some time.
Regardless of what you think about Burns right now, most of you should have already come to the conclusion that he’s a very raw player with upside and that’s not surprising being as not only has he yet to turn 21 years of age, he also only started 23 games at Miami which included him only playing roughly 65% of all defensive snaps in 2015.