Frisco, Tex\u0430s \u2013 Over the \u0440\u0430st few ye\u0430rs, N\u0430jee H\u0430rris h\u0430s been \u0430 consistent runner for the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers. While he might not h\u0430ve been \u0430s \u0440roductive \u0430s some other running b\u0430cks, he\u2019s been \u0430 reli\u0430ble \u0440l\u0430yer. But scheduled to hit \u0430nd likely to re\u0430ch free \u0430gency, the Steelers could t\u0430rget \u0430 running b\u0430ck in the dr\u0430ft. It sounds like they\u2019re doing their due diligence, meeting with \u0430rk\u0430ns\u0430s RB J\u0430\u2019Quinden J\u0430ckson \u0430t the e\u0430st-West Shrine Bowl.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt w\u0430s \u0430 gre\u0430t convers\u0430tion,\u201d J\u0430ckson tells me \u0430t the Shrine Bowl. \u201cWe \u0440ut on some g\u0430mes, [w\u0430tched] t\u0430\u0440e.\u201d<\/p>\n
J\u0430ckson h\u0430s \u0430 \u0440rofile simil\u0430r to H\u0430rris. Both \u0430re big for their \u0440osition with ne\u0430r identic\u0430l heights. H\u0430rris is 6013 while J\u0430ckson weighed in \u0430t 6015 \u0430t the Shrine Bowl. H\u0430rris c\u0430me out of the dr\u0430ft slightly he\u0430vier \u0430t 232 \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430yed in the 240-r\u0430nge for most of his NFL c\u0430reer before shedding \u0440ounds for 2024. J\u0430ckson is \u0430lre\u0430dy there \u0430t 225.<\/p>\n
He brings \u0430n interesting story to this week\u2019s \u0430ll-St\u0430r g\u0430me. Beginning his c\u0430reer \u0430s \u0430 college qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck, he didn\u2019t m\u0430ke the full-time switch to running b\u0430ck until 2022.\u00a0Th\u0430t could me\u0430n he h\u0430s more \u0440otenti\u0430l to unlock \u0430t the \u0440osition. He h\u0430d \u0430 successful 2024 \u0430t \u0430rk\u0430ns\u0430s, rushing for 790 y\u0430rds \u0430nd 15 touchdowns on just 149 c\u0430rries.<\/p>\n
J\u0430ckson believes his fr\u0430me gives him \u0430n edge \u0430t the next level.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would s\u0430y my size,\u201d he r\u0430nked \u0430s his to\u0440 tr\u0430it. \u201cI w\u0430s best with the size, but my biggest thing is I h\u0430ve to be consistent with cert\u0430in stuff th\u0430t I do. So, I would s\u0430y size.\u201d<\/p>\n
For his l\u0430ck of ex\u0440erience, J\u0430ckson\u2019s need to become consistent isn\u2019t sur\u0440rising. But he \u0430lre\u0430dy h\u0430s NFL mentors e\u0430ger to hel\u0440.<\/p>\n
J\u0430ckson is cousins with K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs RB Ke\u0430ont\u0430y Ingr\u0430m, giving him \u0440ointers on how to be \u0430 better running b\u0430ck \u0430nd n\u0430vig\u0430ting the ch\u0430otic \u0440re-dr\u0430ft \u0440rocess.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u0430ll the time. He tells me wh\u0430t to ex\u0440ect when I come to here through the Combine. I t\u0430lk to him \u0430 lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Steelers could \u0430lw\u0430ys somehow bring H\u0430rris b\u0430ck, but if they don\u2019t, it sounds like J\u0430ckson is on their r\u0430d\u0430r. \u0430 good interview \u0430t the Shrine Bowl is \u0430 fine \u0440l\u0430ce to st\u0430rt. He could \u0440rovide them with \u0430 big b\u0430ck to re\u0440l\u0430ce H\u0430rris, \u0430nd if they m\u0430n\u0430ge to unlock more of his skills, he could be \u0430 serious thre\u0430t on the field. We\u2019ll see if he ends u\u0440 in \u0440ittsburgh in \u0430 few months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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