The Pittsburgh Steelers pick OLB Sylvester Stevenson in the 5th round

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,The Draft Report by admin on Tuesday 11 May 2010 at 1:31 pm

The Steelers have picked OLB Sylvester Stevenson with the 166th overall pick (5th round) of the NFL Draft.  Stevenson is 6’2″, 231 pounds and he runs a 4.76 40.  Stevenson played in 13 games for Utah last season and he had 81 tackles, 5 tackles for a loss, 2 sacks, he broke up 2 passes and he had 1 interception (he returned it 27 yards for a TD).  Stevenson played in 49 games at Utah in which he had 263 tackles, 24.5 tackles for a loss, he had 9 sacks, broke up 12 passes, he forced 4 fumbles and he had 1 interception.  Despite being a playmaker in college I just don’t think he has the athletic ability to fit in with the Steelers’ type of D.  I think Stevenson was a huge reach for the Steelers as not many draft “experts’ thought he would get picked at all.

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