He was the leading pass rusher in college football last season at Oregon among all interior defensive linemen, generating 55 pressures for the Ducks, but that pass rush prowess hadn’t shown up just yet for Pittsburgh Steelers’ first-round rookie defensive tackle Derrick Harmon.
Until now.
Harmon leaned into his power Saturday night against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, using his bull rush to power through Tampa Bay rookie guard Ben Scott, getting his hands on quarterback Kyle Trask for the sack.
After playing 32 snaps in the preseason opener last Saturday on the road in Jacksonville and not having much of an impact, Harmon didn’t take much time Saturday night against the Buccaneers to make his presence known.