Official visits

[Jobu]

All of these are per Fittipaldo:

Miles Sanders RB
Damien Harris RB
Mike Weber RB
Travis Homer RB
Jordan Scarlett RB

Andy Isabella WR
Dillon Mitchell WR
Myles Boykin WR

Alize Mack TE

David Long ILB

Other than Mike Weber, a pretty underwhelming group.
If I had to make a strong wager on any player in this upcoming draft becoming a Steeler, my money would be on Boykin.

[Legacy User]

All of these are per Fittipaldo:

Miles Sanders RB
Damien Harris RB
Mike Weber RB
Travis Homer RB
Jordan Scarlett RB

Andy Isabella WR
Dillon Mitchell WR
Myles Boykin WR

Alize Mack TE

David Long ILB

Other than Mike Weber, a pretty underwhelming group.
If I had to make a strong wager on any player in this upcoming draft becoming a Steeler, my money would be on Boykin.

I like Weber, Boykin and David Long from this group.

[Pabst]

https://twitter.com/BobLabriola/status/1113468475564023808

Bob Labriola
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Pre-draft visitors for the #Steelers today: S Ugo Amadi from Oregon; LB Jordan Brailford from Oklahoma State; LB Ben Burr-Kirven from Washington; S Darnell Savage from Maryland

[Pabst]

Another important thing to note: Tombert Pro Days.

Notre Dame (reported by The Athletic)
West Virginia (Aditi Kinkhabwala)
LSU (pic on LSU twitter feed)
Alabama (NFL Network)


Should be noted that Fichtner and Butler both attended the Georgia Pro Day, which was on the same day as Notre Dame.

[Pabst]

Round 1:
Byron Murphy, CB, Washington
Deandre Baker, CB, Georgia

Round 2:
Damien Harris, RB, Alabama
Sean Bunting, CB, Central Michigan
Justin Layne, CB, Michigan State
Rock Ya-Sin, CB, Temple

Round 3:
Darnell Savage, S, Maryland
Miles Sanders, RB, Penn State (local visit)
Andy Isabella, WR, UMass
Charles Omenihu, DE, Texas
Josh Oliver, TE, San Jose State

Round 4:
Jordan Brailford, Edge, Oklahoma State
Mike Weber, RB, Ohio State
David Long, LB, WVU
Ben Banogu, Edge, TCU
Foster Moreau, TE, LSU

Round 5:
Myles Boykin, WR, Notre Dame

Round 6:
Ben Burr-Kirven, ILB, Washington
Travis Homer, RB, Miami
Jordan Scarlett, RB, Florida
Alize Mack, TE, Notre Dame
Dillon Mitchell, WR, Oregon

Round 7 or UDFA:
Ugo Amadi, S, Oregon
Gary Johnson, LB, Texas
Dravon Askew Henry, S, West Virginia (local visit)
Ulysses Gilbert, LB, Akron
Garrett Brumfield, G, LSU
Kerrith Whyte Jr, RB, Florida Atlantic
Diontae Johnson, WR, Toledo
Ty Johnson, RB, Maryland
Quincy Williams, LB, Murray State
Stephen Denmark, CB, Valdosta State
Andrew Van Ginkel, LB, Wisconsin

Total Visits: 31, +2 Local

Tombert Pro Days: Notre Dame, West Virginia, LSU, Alabama, Clemson, Michigan, Michigan State, Texas (Colbert only), Texas A&M (Colbert only)

Visit tally by position:
QB - 0 DL - 1
RB - 7 Edge - 2
WR - 4 LB - 5
TE - 3 CB - 7
OL - 1 S - 3

Offense: 15
Defense: 18

[stillthere]

LB Ben Burr-Kirven from Washington

This kid doesn't have eye popping combine numbers but his film shows him to be a tackling machine that is usually around the ball. His HIG factor is very high as they might say. I only saw a handful of UW games last season or two but he always showed up. Worst case scenario with him is bye bye Dirty Red.

[stillthere]

Also Ben Burr-Kirven seems to be around a lot of turnovers whether causing them or getting them.

[jebrick]

SR - Senior Bowl meeting.
EW - East-West Shrine meeting.
COM - Combine meeting.
INT - Interested.
VINT - Very Interested.
PRO - Pro Day or campus meeting/workout.
LOC - Local visit. Prospect making a local visit.
PRI - Private visit. Prospect making an official 30 visit.
WOR - Private Workout. Members of an organization working out a player in private.
STM - Some Type of Meeting.
% - indicates more than one meeting at an event.
^ - has met with team at more than one event.
# - indicates meeting set up outside of the 2019 Senior Bowl or the 2019 East-West Shrine Game



Pittsburgh Steelers

Ugo Amadi, CB, Oregon (PRI)

Ben Banogu, DE/3-4OLB/OLB, TCU (PRI)

Miles Boykin, WR, Notre Dame (PRI)

A.J. Brown, WR, Ole Miss (COM)

Marquise Brown, WR, Oklahoma (COM)

Isaiah Buggs, DT/NT, Alabama (SR)

John Cominsky, DE, University of Charleston (SR)

Joe Dineen Jr., ILB, Kansas (EW)

Cody Ford, OT/G, Oklahoma (PRO)

Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, CB/S, Florida (COM)

Ulysees Gilbert III, OLB/ILB, Akron (PRI)

Damien Harris, RB, Alabama (PRI)

Justice Hill, RB, Oklahoma State (COM)

Justin Hollins, OLB, Oregon (EW)

Andy Isabella, WR, Massachusetts (PRI)

Gary Jennings, WR, West Virginia (PRO)

Gary Johnson, ILB, Texas (PRI)

David Long, OLB, West Virginia (PRI)

Alize Mack, TE, Notre Dame (PRI)

Dillon Mitchell, WR, Oregon (PRI)

Anthony Nelson, DE/3-4DE, Iowa (COM)

Dare Odeyingbo, DE, Vanderbilt (PRO)

Charles Omenihu^, DE, Texas (PRI, WOR)

Amani Oruwariye, CB, Penn State (SR)

Jachai Polite, DE/3-4OLB/OLB, Florida (COM)

Riley Ridley, WR, Georgia (COM)

Deebo Samuel, WR, South Carolina (COM)

Darnell Savage, S, Maryland (PRI)

Jordan Scarlett, RB, Florida (PRI)

David Sills, WR, West Virginia (PRO)

Immanuel Turner^, DT, Louisiana Tech (PRI, PRO)

Olisaemeka Udoh, OT, Elon (EW)

Mike Weber, RB, Ohio State (PRI)

Devin White, ILB, LSU (COM)

Greedy Williams, CB, LSU (COM)

Mack Wilson, ILB, Alabama (COM)

Chase Winovich, DE/3-4OLB/OLB, Michigan (PRO)

I would add that the Steelers tend to woo potential UDFA in these 30 visits

[bradshaw2ben]

Also Ben Burr-Kirven seems to be around a lot of turnovers whether causing them or getting them.

His workout numbers were pretty good, and he's definitely a turnover guy. He was also out-lengthed and overpowered at times.

almost all these guys are all about Day 3 and UDFA

Boykin is a great STs guy.

[tbsteel]

I really don't know what to make of Boykin. The workout #s are ridiculous, but I don't see anything near that on tape. Takes forever to get started and looks slower and less explosive than Juju.

And you'd think a guy with his size and speed would be a huge threat downfield. All I see are games where he's blanketed. He's over-aged and never did anything before his senior year. He's also pretty pedestrian with the ball in his hands, offers little in the way of YAC.

He has skills to like, and again, the workout #s are what they are, but I don't know if I'd be comfortable using on of our top three picks on him. Late third at best, maybe even an early day three guy for me.

[bradshaw2ben]

Another important thing to note: Tombert Pro Days.

Notre Dame (reported by The Athletic)
West Virginia (Aditi Kinkhabwala)
LSU (pic on LSU twitter feed)
Alabama (NFL Network)


Should be noted that Fichtner and Butler both attended the Georgia Pro Day, which was on the same day as Notre Dame.

You’re missing Texas (Colbert)
&
Michigan (Everybody)

[Pabst]

Bob Labriola
‏Verified account @BobLabriola

Pre-draft visitors for the #Steelers on April 4: S Dravon Askew Henry from West Virginia; CB Sean Bunting from Central Michigan; LB Ulysees Gilbert from Akron; LB Gary Johnson from Texas

[Pabst]

Another important thing to note: Tombert Pro Days.

Notre Dame (reported by The Athletic)
West Virginia (Aditi Kinkhabwala)
LSU (pic on LSU twitter feed)
Alabama (NFL Network)


Should be noted that Fichtner and Butler both attended the Georgia Pro Day, which was on the same day as Notre Dame.

You’re missing Texas (Colbert)
&
Michigan (Everybody)

Updated. When googling, i found that Colbert went to the A&M pro day as well.

[bradshaw2ben]

Another important thing to note: Tombert Pro Days.

Notre Dame (reported by The Athletic)
West Virginia (Aditi Kinkhabwala)
LSU (pic on LSU twitter feed)
Alabama (NFL Network)


Should be noted that Fichtner and Butler both attended the Georgia Pro Day, which was on the same day as Notre Dame.

You’re missing Texas (Colbert)
&
Michigan (Everybody)

Updated. When googling, i found that Colbert went to the A&M pro day as well.

Yeah sorry I forgot that one and his apparent fascination with Dodson.

[Pabst]

Bob Labriola
‏Verified account @BobLabriola

Pre-Draft visitors for the #Steelers on April 5: CB Justin Layne from Michigan State; CB Rock Ya-sin from Temple

[jebrick]

#Steelers are doing a lot of homework on CBs. Byron Murphy and Deandre Baker are in Pittsburgh today and tomorrow for a pre-draft visit.
— Jordan Reid (@JReidNFL) April 8, 2019

That is a lot of CBs for official visits. 5 off the top of my head.

[Pabst]

Looks like there was one more today in addition to jebrick's list:

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Pre-draft visitors for the #Steelers on April 8: CB DeAndre Baker from Georgia, OLB Ben Banogu from TCU; CB Byron Murphy from Washington

[bradshaw2ben]

Stephen Denmark (he of B2B drafting him in the Board Mock) is going to be an official visit later this week).(making the rounds on twitter)

[Pabst]

Bob Labriola
‏Verified account @BobLabriola

The #Steelers pre-draft visitors for April 9: TE Foster Moreau from LSU; DE Charles Omenihu from Texas

I'll hold off on Denmark until a local media guy confirms

[bradshaw2ben]

https://steelersdepot.com/2019/04/report-steelers-have-valdosta-state-cb-stephen-denmark-scheduled-for-pre-draft-visit/

[steelmann58]

He is a real sleeper that has size that could be a development guy along with Brian Allen.

[Pabst]

Bob Labriola
‏Verified account @BobLabriola

Pre-draft visitors for the #Steelers on April 10: G Garrett Brumfield from LSU; TE Josh Oliver from San Jose State

[Scunge]

Love, love, love that they brought in Oliver for a visit. It really is true, if you look at his highlights he really does look and play like a young Vance McDonald.

Ran a 4.63, has nimble feet and good/great hands and is an unrefined blocker but he wants to be physical and nasty as a blocker. The desire is there to be a great blocker he just needs a world class TE coach like Daniel to coach him up in that department.

I think he will be gone before our 4th round pick. I would not be upset if he is our second 3rd round pick. Maybe they can use one of our 6th round picks to trade up earlier in round 4 to get him?? Many may argue that he will last longer but this guy has high, high upside to be a complete TE. Fantastic pass catcher who can be a great blocker, a true combo TE. Prospects like that do not fall and usually go higher than expected.

[bradshaw2ben]

Love, love, love that they brought in Oliver for a visit. It really is true, if you look at his highlights he really does look and play like a young Vance McDonald.

Ran a 4.63, has nimble feet and good/great hands and is an unrefined blocker but he wants to be physical and nasty as a blocker. The desire is there to be a great blocker he just needs a world class TE coach like Daniel to coach him up in that department.

I think he will be gone before our 4th round pick. I would not be upset if he is our second 3rd round pick. Maybe they can use one of our 6th round picks to trade up earlier in round 4 to get him?? Many may argue that he will last longer but this guy has high, high upside to be a complete TE. Fantastic pass catcher who can be a great blocker, a true combo TE. Prospects like that do not fall and usually go higher than expected.

He had some issues locating the football/anticipating throws in the games I saw. I can see the Macdonald comparison but I don't think he's as good as Vance.

[Scunge]

Well to be fair, the Vance of now is not the Vance when he was entering the NFL either. You look for traits and hope that coaching and their work ethic will let them develop.

I really want the Steelers to favor the more dangerous pass catcher rather than draft the kid from LSU, Foster Moreau. There are so many good/great TEs in this draft class that the Steelers should not be shy in grabbing one, and do so early if they want. It is time, James is gone, Grimble is still the same enigma he has always been, and I love McDonald but the position is due for a high pick.

To me Irv Smith Jr in round 2 or early 3, and then as my fallback, Oliver in late 3 or round 4. Both of them would be great backups/complements to McDonald. Both can be better blockers than James and also be more dangerous down the field catching the ball.

[bradshaw2ben]

Mark Bruener worked out Donald Parham, if I remember his pro day news correctly. That would certainly be a better pass catcher than Moreau.

[jebrick]

Well to be fair, the Vance of now is not the Vance when he was entering the NFL either. You look for traits and hope that coaching and their work ethic will let them develop.

I really want the Steelers to favor the more dangerous pass catcher rather than draft the kid from LSU, Foster Moreau. There are so many good/great TEs in this draft class that the Steelers should not be shy in grabbing one, and do so early if they want. It is time, James is gone, Grimble is still the same enigma he has always been, and I love McDonald but the position is due for a high pick.

To me Irv Smith Jr in round 2 or early 3, and then as my fallback, Oliver in late 3 or round 4. Both of them would be great backups/complements to McDonald. Both can be better blockers than James and also be more dangerous down the field catching the ball.

Or Knox from Miss St.

[Steelafan77]

@RapSheet
A rarity: #LSU CB Greedy Williams has had no visits and it appears no private workouts, either. Some dinners and meetings, but that’s all. It’s not good, it’s not bad. It’s just rare. Only other player I can remember like this was Tyler Eifert, who had no questions coming out. https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/111 ... draft-2019

Either this kid is saving himself for some team or is just one of those you get what you see. Any thoughts?

Kerrith Whyte, running back/return specialist, visits the Steelers https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ste ... 1904110103

Steelers playing host to Toledo WR Diontae Johnson https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ste ... 1904120101

So either Switzer isn't considered a return guy anymore or he should be real nervous? Thoughts?

[bradshaw2ben]

@RapSheet
A rarity: #LSU CB Greedy Williams has had no visits and it appears no private workouts, either. Some dinners and meetings, but that’s all. It’s not good, it’s not bad. It’s just rare. Only other player I can remember like this was Tyler Eifert, who had no questions coming out. https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/111 ... draft-2019

Either this kid is saving himself for some team or is just one of those you get what you see. Any thoughts?

Kerrith Whyte, running back/return specialist, visits the Steelers https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ste ... 1904110103

Steelers playing host to Toledo WR Diontae Johnson https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ste ... 1904120101

So either Switzer isn't considered a return guy anymore or he should be real nervous? Thoughts?

Steelers punt return team was 16th in the NFL. Switzer is... sorta average, maybe below average.

I’m eager to improve returners this year.

[smithessmokin]

@RapSheet
A rarity: #LSU CB Greedy Williams has had no visits and it appears no private workouts, either. Some dinners and meetings, but that’s all. It’s not good, it’s not bad. It’s just rare. Only other player I can remember like this was Tyler Eifert, who had no questions coming out. https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/111 ... draft-2019

Either this kid is saving himself for some team or is just one of those you get what you see. Any thoughts?

Kerrith Whyte, running back/return specialist, visits the Steelers https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ste ... 1904110103

Steelers playing host to Toledo WR Diontae Johnson https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ste ... 1904120101

So either Switzer isn't considered a return guy anymore or he should be real nervous? Thoughts?

Steelers punt return team was 16th in the NFL. Switzer is... sorta average, maybe below average.

I’m eager to improve returners this year.

Why the Steelers continue to settle for below average returners is beyond me. However, I did think Switzer did a good job with what he had to work with at times. It's why I'm a big fan of adding Justice Hill in the 3rd Round.