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2020 UDFA Player Profiles: Auburn FB Spencer Nigh

With the 2020 NFL Draft in the books, we’re wrapping things up by offering player profiles on all the UDFAs signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers. The franchise’s history is strong with diamonds in the rough though in recent years. Hopefully the can find some who may have been overlooked in this year’s group.

#99 Spencer Nigh/ FB Auburn – 6006 255

The Good

  • Size and arm length
  • Solid lateral slide to mirror pass rushers
  • Awareness to find most dangerous defender and find open areas in scramble drill
  • Solid agility to lead on the edge on outside runs
  • Core special team player

The Bad

  • Hand strength and use of hands to lock on and control defender
  • Gets out over his toes and needs to stay inside when blocking in pass pro
  • Extremely limited as a receiver
  • Chest exposed as a run blocker led to absorbing first contact
  • Wasn’t often used in true FB alignment or usage on inside runs

Bio

  • 39 games, 9 starts
  • Career and 2019 stats – 2 receptions, 33 yards, 1 rush, 2 yards
  • 2018 – SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • In high school, he was first team all-Houston defensive squad and Class 5A state champion as a senior in both shot put and discus
  • Father played RB at Arkansas
  • Graduated in January 2019 from the Harbert College of Business

Tape Breakdown

You don’t see the number 99 often on offense often, even in college, but that is the number sported by Spencer Nigh.