I doubt anybody outside of the Pittsburgh Steelers organization had any idea that Wisconsin product Isaiahh Loudermilk might be playing along their defensive line this season back in April. Certainly not when the fifth round of the draft rolled around, considering they didn’t have a fifth-round pick at the time.
But the Steelers saw something they liked enough in Loudermilk that they decided to trade a future pick in order to have access to him in the fifth round, not trusting that he would be available in the sixth. And through the adversity of others, he has been contributing for most of the year so far.