Don’t tell Omar Khan rookie cornerback Donte Kent is “only” a seventh round pick. The last selection the Pittsburgh Steelers made of April’s 2025 draft, Kent was the biggest Wild Card. Off many draft radars, admittedly including our own, Kent was the only non-Big Ten pick the organization made this year. Hailing from the MAC, a conference where the Steelers have found gems before, the team’s pre-draft interest in him wasn’t visible. But behind the scenes, Khan and company were doing their homework.
“Donte, spent significant time studying his film,” Khan said in the latest episode of the team’s docu-series, The Standard, which aired Friday evening.