Chris Adamski stories, Page 18
Donte Kent bio: Steelers’ 7th-round pick (229th overall) in 2025 NFL Draft
Donte Kent Seventh-round pick, No. 229 overall Cornerback, Central Michigan 5-foot-10, 189 pounds Stats: Over 53 games in five college seasons, Kent had 235 tackles (171 solo, 4½ for loss), two interceptions, 47 passes defended and two forced fumbles. Hometown: Harrisburg, Pa. Congrats to Donte Kent! The STEEL of the...
Los Angeles Rams select Pitt WR Konata Mumpfield in 7th round
If Konata Mumpfield doesn’t make it in the NFL, rest assured it won’t be because the stress of the moment gets too big for him. An honorable mention all-ACC wide receiver for Pitt this past season, Mumpfield was drafted in the seventh round by the Los Angeles Rams at No....
Steelers draft LB Carson Bruener — son of team scout, former TE Mark Bruener
Carson Bruener spent the third day of the NFL Draft sitting in the same seat of the same couch at the same family cabin in coastal Washington state that his father sat in when he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1995. The method of telephone has surely changed...
Minnesota Vikings select Pitt tight end Gavin Bartholomew in 6th round
Gavin Bartholomew appeared in 49 of Pitt’s 52 games over the past four seasons, starting 41 and having at least one catch in all but seven of them. “I feel great,” Bartholomew said prior to performing drills among fellow tight ends at the NFL combine earlier this year. “I’ve been...
Penn State linebacker Kobe King picked by Minnesota Vikings in 6th round
The latest off-ball linebacker to enter the NFL out of “Linebacker U,” Kobe King during the combine relayed a chat he had with management of an unnamed NFL team. King is an old-school style inside linebacker who’s hoping to enter the league just as old-school is coming back into fashion...
Los Angeles Chargers pick Pitt’s Branson Taylor in 6th round of NFL Draft
A tear of the lateral meniscus in a knee ended the senior season of Pitt starting left tackle Branson Taylor. The ensuring recovery from surgery prevented Taylor from taking part in drills at the NFL combine, too. Five months of frustration and rehab, though, melted away when Taylor was finally...
Will Howard bio: Steelers’ sixth-round pick (185th overall) in 2025 NFL Draft
Will Howard Sixth-round pick, No. 185 overall Quarterback, Ohio State 6-foot-4, 236 pounds Stats: Albeit with the benefit of extra games while playing for the national champions, Howard ranked among the top six in the country in completion percentage (an Ohio State-record 73.0%), passing touchdowns (35) and passing yards (4,010)....
Houston Texans select Penn State safety Jaylen Reed in 6th round of NFL Draft
Jaylen Reed didn’t take too much time to ponder what was the biggest lesson he learned from coach James Franklin over four years as part of the Penn State football program. If you’re not five minutes early, you’re late. “It might seem like a little thing, but if you show...
Steelers add another d-lineman, draft Iowa’s Yahya Black in 5th round
No secret that their defensive line needed an injection of youth, the Pittsburgh Steelers made the position the focus of two of their first four picks of this draft when they selected Iowa’s Yahya Black in the fifth round Saturday. Black joins first-round pick Derrick Harmon as defensive linemen added...
Jack Sawyer bio: Steelers’ 4th-round pick (123rd overall) in 2025 NFL DraftVideo
Jack Sawyer Fourth-round pick, No. 123 overall Outside linebacker, Ohio State 6-foot-4, 260 pounds Stats: As a senior in 2024, Sawyer had nine sacks, three forced fumbles, 59 tackles (25 solo) and six passes defended in 16 games. Hometown: Pickerington, Ohio Top 10 Pick Armand Membou started at RT for...
West Virginia’s Wyatt Milum selected in 3rd round by Jaguars
Born and raised in southwestern West Virginia, Wyatt Milum talks as if he’s as proud of his native state — and its flagship university — as he is of his status as one of the college football’s best offensive tackles in recent seasons. “Last three years, I don’t think I...
Kaleb Johnson bio: Steelers’ third-round pick (83rd overall) in 2025 NFL draft
KALEB JOHNSON Third-round pick, No. 83 overall Running back, Iowa 6-foot-1, 224 pounds Stats: Had 2,779 career rushing yards and 30 rushing touchdowns in college, including 1,537 yards and 21 touchdowns in 2024. Also added 22 catches for 188 yards and two touchdowns receiving. Hometown: Hamilton, Ohio Steelers newest RB...
Tennessee drafts Penn State’s Kevin Winston Jr. in 3rd round
When speaking last week in discussing safeties available in the draft, the NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah observed that the knee injury suffered by Penn State’s Kevin Winston Jr. early last season would end up being to the benefit of the team that drafted him this spring. “I think there’s value...
‘That’s my rock, that’s my why’: Mother of Pittsburgh Steelers 1st-round pick Derrick Harmon dies
The mother of Pittsburgh Steelers first-round draft pick Derrick Harmon has died. Tiffany Saine reportedly passed away not long after her son was taken by the Steelers with the 21st selection in the NFL Draft late Thursday night. Less than a half hour after Harmon was picked Thursday, he told...
What might the Steelers do on Day 2 of the draft?
Two years ago, the Pittsburgh Steelers had the proverbial pick of the litter to contemplate over the roughly 20-hour break before the start of the second round of the draft. This year, they have only a vague idea of who will be available when they’re next scheduled to pick. Unlike...
Derrick Harmon bio: Steelers’ first-round pick (21st overall) in 2025 NFL draft
Derrick Harmon First-round pick, No. 21 overall Defensive tackle, Oregon 6-foot-4, 313 pounds Stats: 17 tackles for loss, 8 1/2 sacks in 42 career games (28 starts), including 45 overall tackles, 10 1/2 for loss, five sacks and two forced fumbles this past season Hometown: Detroit, Mich. Mike Tomlin said...
Penn State tight end Tyler Warren selected 14th overall by Indianapolis Colts
Tyler Warren made himself the highest-finishing tight end in Heisman Trophy voting in almost a half-century by way of his work with the football. Catching it. Scoring with it. Running with it. Even throwing it. The Penn State product expected to make himself a pretty good NFL tight end the...
New York Giants select Penn State’s Abdul Carter with No. 3 overall pick
Abdul Carter was asked for his best pass rush move during the NFL combine. “I would say my ‘ghost rush,’” Carter said. Not unlike a ghost, it didn’t take long for Carter to disappear off draft boards Thursday night. Penn State’s star defender, Carter was taken with the third overall...
TE Gavin Bartholomew might be Pitt’s best draft prospect
Gavin Bartholomew arrived at Pitt as a recruit “flipped” from the University of Buffalo during that crazy pandemic year of 2020. Bartholomew leaves Pitt headed to the NFL. A tight end, Bartholomew is widely expected to be under consideration as a late-round pick during this weekend’s draft. “When got I...
Penn State’s Abdul Carter expected to go top 3 in NFL Draft, could be perfect fit for Giants
Over his 42-game Penn State career, Abdul Carter had an indelible effect on the Nittany Lions program. It didn’t take him quite that long to make his first impact. “I would say, his first workout on campus,” college teammate Kobe King said of Carter while both were in Indianapolis early...
Chris Adamski’s Steelers mock draft: Run-stopping DT is priority, so QB will have to wait
Remember the most recent time the Pittsburgh Steelers took the field? If you’re a fan of the team, you probably don’t want to. But rest assured, team management does. And what stood out most about the 28-14 beatdown to the rival Ravens during the Jan. 11 wild-card playoff game in...
Steelers reiterate that Aaron Rodgers’ status won’t affect potentially drafting a QB
For the NFL team that currently has the smallest allotment of quarterbacks on its roster, the Pittsburgh Steelers sure do attract attention when it comes to their prospects at the position. While being without a bona fide, proven starter seven weeks into the new league year is less than ideal,...
On Sports: Lee Corso excelled at picking Penn State games, Clint Hurdle back in an MLB dugoutVideo
In Friday’s “On Sports,” with ESPN’s “College Gameday” losing an icon in Lee Corso, we take a look back at his classic “headgear picks.” Meanwhile, former Pirates manager Clint Hurdle has found his way back into a MLB dugout. Momentum is good for a Penn State player in the NFL...
Steelers wrap up official pre-draft visits by hosting Toledo DT Darius AlexanderVideo
Eight days prior to the opening of the NFL draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers wrapped up their official visits Wednesday by hosting Toledo defensive tackle Darius Alexander. Projected as a second-round pick and at a position of need for the Steelers, the 6-foot-4, 305-pound Alexander finished his Toledo career with a...
Steelers re-sign veteran reserve offensive lineman Max Scharping
The Pittsburgh Steelers re-signed veteran reserve offensive lineman Max Scharping to a one-year contract, it was announced Tuesday. Scharping joined the Steelers this past Oct. 1 via a signing off the practice squad of the Washington Commanders. He spent the rest of the season on the Steelers 53-man roster but...
