Report: Steelers Had Pre-Draft Zoom Meeting With Wisconsin S Scott Nelson – Steelers Depot

Did the Pittsburgh Steelers make the most of all 30 of their allotted pre-draft guests this yr? It’s onerous to say for certain however inside that, we do know that they’d a number of Zoom interviews these previous couple of weeks, in line with what normal supervisor Kevin Colbert and head coach Mike Tomlin each stated on Monday throughout their press convention. On Wednesday, we discovered one participant that the Steelers had a Zoom assembly with these previous couple of weeks.

In response to Aaron Wilson of the Professional Soccer Community, Wisconsin security Scott Nelson is at the least one participant that the Steelers met with through Zoom these previous couple of weeks.

Nelson, who was not invited to the scouting mix this yr, measured in at his Wisconsin professional day at 6020, 203-pounds. He reportedly ran his 40-yard sprint in 4.38-seconds to go together with a short-shuttle time of three.92-seconds. he registered a vertical leap of 39.5-inches and a broad leap of 10’6″. His 3-cone time of 6.62-seconds was additionally spectacular.

In 4 seasons at Wisconsin, Nelson registered 125 complete tackles with 11.5 of them resulted in misplaced yardage. He additionally was credited with 1.5 sacks, 4 interceptions, 15 passes defensed and a compelled fumble.

Nelson missed a while throughout his school profession as a result of accidents and that appears to be the largest knock on him coming into the 2022 NFL Draft. He’s a flexible security and one which clearly has a variety of athleticism.

It definitely looks like Nelson will both be a late day-three choice for a staff or a precedence undrafted free agent. Ought to the Steelers fail to draft a security within the first two days, Nelson perhaps comes into play for them within the sixth or seventh spherical. If he does go undrafted, maybe the Steelers will go after Nelson as a free agent.