Many expected the Pittsburgh Steelers to take a quarterback in the 2025 NFL Draft, but not many thought they would wait as long as they did.
They drafted Ohio State field general Will Howard with the 185th pick in the sixth round of the draft, and veteran QB Mason Rudolph thinks that the rookie has a lot of good things going for him.
“He’s been great,” Rudolph said in a recent interview with Missi Matthews. “He’s a nice guy, first of all. He’s a good guy to share the quarterback room with… He is athletic and he throws the ball well… I think he’s got a lot of tools and I’ll be excited to go to work with him.”
Some, including former NFL coach Jon Gruden, have compared the 6-4, 236 pound rookie to Buffalo Bills’ MVP winner Josh Allen, who himself was not all that in his rookie season.
If Howard can live up to even half of that comparison, the Steelers have something to look forward to.
In his final season with the Buckeyes this past season, Howard finished with 4,010 passing yards and 35 touchdowns on 73 percent completion, all three of which led the Big Ten Conference.
The Steelers’ current starting quarterback is Rudolph, with no Aaron Rodgers decision seeming to be imminent just yet.
But eventually?
If Howard can prove that he has all of the tools that Rudolph says he does, he could have an opportunity to take the veteran’s job as Pittsburgh’s QB1.
