And with the 24th pick....

[jimnyc]

With the 24th pick in the 2021 NFL draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers select "Najee Harris", Running Back Alabama!

Yes!! He's also the Doak Walker award winner, which is given the college football's best running back. And he has basically ready to rock 'n roll on day one!! The Steelers finished last in Rushing last year and have fallen since Le'veon Bell. So this will be a huge pick hopefully! Bell was huge at like 6'1 and 225lbs.

This guy is bigger!

Here's the draft of Harris & some highlights!



Steelers select Najee Harris in first round

The Steelers selected running back Najee Harris in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft, the 24th pick overall.

"We were very excited that he was there for us," said General Manager Kevin Colbert. "When we went through our scenarios, it was an easy decision by us to say, if Najee Harris is available, we will pick him. He's an exciting player, and like we said, he's a three-dimensional running back coming from a professional offensive system.

"He played in an NFL system and really his one hidden trait is he finds invisible yards at that second level. There's times where you think he should just be going down and all of a sudden he finds six, seven, eight yards. It's just really exciting to get what we think is a three-down back and add him to the team."

One of the things the Steelers are focused on this offseason is improving the ground game, which was ranked last in the NFL in 2020.

"I understand they did finish last in rushing last year, but I feel like through a lot of stuff, practice and hard work, that can be changed," said Harris. "I don't feel pressure at all. I have come from a lot of situations where stuff was put on me, especially in college. The NFL is different. I feel like it's nothing I can't do."

Harris, who played at the University of Alabama, finished his college career as the Crimson Tide's all-time leading rusher with 3,843 career yards. He also led the school in all-time touchdowns with 57, including a school-record 46 rushing touchdowns and another 11 receiving. Harris' 4,624 all-purpose yards rank second in school history.

"He's got a nice combination of size, strength and athleticism," said Coach Mike Tomlin. "His picking vision is excellent in terms of finding holes. He shows patience while doing that. He's a complete back. He's very good in the passing game, whether it's routes out of the backfield or aligning outside the backfield. There's not a lot of holes in his overall game, and I think those are the things that made him an attractive selection."

Harris, 6-2, 230, will put the combination of size, strength and athleticism to good use, even pointing out with the addition of a 17th game this season that he will be able to carry the load.

https://www.steelers.com/news/steele...in-first-round

[Abbey Marie]

When I saw the title, even though it’s the Draft, I was afraid you would say, “Colin Kaerpernick”.

[jimnyc]

When I saw the title, even though it’s the Draft, I was afraid you would say, “Colin Kaerpernick”.

Then the title would have been appropriately changed to - "Jim no longer a Steelers fan..."