Pressley Harvin III

Seventh-round pick, No.254 overall

Punter, Georgia Tech

5-foot-11, 263 pounds

Stats: Led the nation and set Georgia Tech and ACC records with a 48.0-yard punting average in 2020

Hometown: Alcolu, S.C.

Tidbits: Ray Guy Award winner as college football’s best punter in 2020. Also was a unanimous All-American, the third such in his school’s history (joining Ken Swilling in 1990 and Calvin Johnson in 2006). … According to the school, 49% of Harvin’s 45 punts went for 50 or more yards, 47% were fair caught, 40% were downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line, only 17% were returned and only 7% were touchbacks. … Threw a long 41-yard touchdown pass off a fake punt in 2019. … First punter drafted by the Steelers since Daniel Sepulveda in 2007. The most recent specialist taken by the team was long snapper Colin Holba in 2017. … The Steelers ranked 24th in the NFL in net punting in 2019.

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