Nothing like a first-overall trade to get the mock drafts rolling over a weekend before the new league year rolls over next week. Acting in kind, USA Today released a Saturday morning mock draft that gave the Steelers a somewhat familiar name at the 17th-overall selection, Illinois cornerback Devon Witherspoon.
“A cornerback who loves to tackle and demonstrated lockdown potential last season should be at home on the Steelers’ defense,” USA Today’s Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz analyzed of his mock selection for Pittsburgh.
Witherspoon is firmly a first-round talent for a plethora of reasons. His physicality despite his somewhat undersized frame is what will often stick out to Steelers fans as the NFL Draft approaches in just under two months.