Pittsburgh Steelers fans were hoping that the team landed upon a diamond in the rough at inside linebacker in 2018 undrafted free agent Matthew Thomas. That uh…didn’t quite pan out, but perhaps 2019 sixth-rounder Ulysees Gilbert III can be the sort of player that many wanted Thomas to be.
The only thing is, he has to get all the way back from his back injury, first. Though he was successfully able to make the team’s 53-man roster as the fifth inside linebacker and one of 10 total linebackers, he ended up going on injured reserve about halfway through the year because of the aforementioned injury, which he confirmed to the team’s website did not require surgery.