The late Darryl Drake was extremely high on Diontae Johnson. He had a great influence in drawing the Pittsburgh Steelers’ attention to the MAC wide receiver out of Toledo. They probably had a much higher grade on him than the vast majority of scouting departments around the league, selecting him with the 66th-overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft—just four spots higher than they’d taken JuJu Smith-Schuster two years ago.
While he has had his rookie moments, however, the young man who is technically Smith-Schuster’s senior by age is quickly turning into an integral contributor for a rising Steelers offense, of which he is very much a part.