Indianapolis (cns) — at the nfl combine, the pittsburgh steelers are showing an interest in the top linebackers. Edgerrin cooper of texas a&m, junior colson of michigan, and jeremiah trotter jr. of clemson had formal talks. In addition, they met with ohio state linebacker tommy eichenberg. According to ryan fowler of the draft network, the following is true. Cooper met with the steelers several times throughout the sheinr bowl, and despite only being there for so long because of being absent from practice for the week, cooper maintained that the steelers were a team that stood out in his interviews.
Cooper told steelers now at the shrine bowl, “i could tell they are really interested.” “it’s true that they like my game a lot,” he says. Trotter and colson are two of the other top linebackers in the league. They come from clemson and michigan, and they have the pedigree that teams would like to see from the linebackers, especially because the steelers like to target those high-schools. Trotter, the son of former eagles linebacker jeremiah trotter sr., is a thumper in a modern linebacker body. Mike tomlin was a delight to talk with him and recalled that the steelers were one of the teams he admired most closely throughout his football career.
Colson is the same as him. And it’s clear that the team is looking at those early linebackers. This offseason, pittsburgh will need a linebacker. Kwon alexander is entering free agency after a torn achilles, while cole holcomb is recovering from major knee surgery. These guys seem to be a few guys who will be selected in the top 100 of the nfl draft in a bad linebacker class. These are just a few names to watch out for, but here are some of the possible names for a young guy to appear.
