The Pittsburgh Steelers drafted the eighth quarterback off the board in the 2025 NFL Draft in Ohio State’s Will Howard. Their division rivals, the Cleveland Browns, selected two different quarterbacks ahead of Howard. One college coach was puzzled by that decision.
“I don’t see the evaluation of [Dillon] Gabriel over Howard,” one Power 4 defensive coordinator told ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. “I’m not saying either one of them is more talented than [Shedeur] Sanders, but Will Howard’s a better pro prospect than Gabriel with the size, arm strength, the passing tree that he had to throw at Ohio State.