Going into this offseason, the Pittsburgh Steelers knew they needed to bolster their defensive front. Their run defense wasn’t good enough to end the 2024 season. That was clear during their final meeting against Derrick Henry and the Baltimore Ravens. In the 2025 NFL Draft, they double dipped along the defensive line, taking Derrick Harmon in the first round and Yahya Black in the fifth round. With the Steelers, Black will reunite with Logan Lee, his teammate at Iowa.
And it sounds like the two have a great relationship.
“That’s my guy, especially when I was at Iowa,” Black told reporters Saturday after he was drafted via the team’s transcript.