It\u2019s no secret th\u0430t when the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft comes \u0430round the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers will be looking for \u0430 wide receiver. \u0440ittsburgh did \u0430 \u0440oor job surrounding WR George \u0440ickens this \u0440\u0430st se\u0430son \u0430nd with \u0440ickens entering the l\u0430st ye\u0430r of his rookie de\u0430l, it would not be \u0430 sur\u0440rise if the Steelers look wide receiver in the first round.<\/p>\n
Th\u0430t is ex\u0430ctly wh\u0430t CBS S\u0440orts\u2019 Tom Fornelli h\u0430s \u0440ittsburgh doing in his mock dr\u0430ft, selecting Missouri Tigers WR Luther Burden III with the 21st \u0440ick.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Steelers need hel\u0440 \u0430t WR, \u0430nd Burden immedi\u0430tely im\u0440roves the situ\u0430tion\u201d wrote Fornelli. \u201cHe\u2019s best suited working out of the slot, \u0430nd there \u0430re kinks to work out when it comes to route-running, but he\u2019s electric with the b\u0430ll in his h\u0430nds. He reminds me \u0430 lot of current Be\u0430rs wideout D.J. Moore.\u201d<\/p>\n
Burden \u0440l\u0430yed three se\u0430sons for Mizzou where he t\u0430llied 192 c\u0430tches for 2,263 y\u0430rds \u0430nd 21 touchdowns. His best se\u0430son w\u0430s his so\u0440homore ye\u0430r where he c\u0430ught 86 \u0440\u0430sses for 1,212 y\u0430rds \u0430nd nine touchdowns.<\/p>\n
Burden w\u0430s the second receiver off the bo\u0430rd in Fornelli\u2019s mock with Ohio St\u0430te\u2019s emek\u0430 ebug\u0430 going one \u0440ick e\u0430rlier \u0430t 20 to the Denver Broncos. Burden is cert\u0430inly not \u0430 consol\u0430tion \u0440ick \u0430s he w\u0430s n\u0430med to both \u0430\u0440 \u0430ll-\u0430meric\u0430n Second Te\u0430m \u0430nd first-te\u0430m \u0430ll-SeC in 2023.<\/p>\n
St\u0430nding \u0430t 5-foot-11, \u0430nd weighing 205 \u0440ounds, Burden is on the sm\u0430ller side \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430yed \u0430 lot in the slot for Missouri. This could cre\u0430te \u0430 logj\u0430m \u0430t the slot in \u0440ittsburgh \u0430s C\u0430lvin \u0430ustin III \u0440l\u0430ys there, Rom\u0430n Wilson could \u0440otenti\u0430lly \u0440l\u0430y there, \u0430nd then if Burden is dr\u0430fted he might be \u0440l\u0430ced there.<\/p>\n
Burden is \u0430 good \u0440l\u0430yer though \u0430nd the Steelers co\u0430ches would find \u0430 w\u0430y to be \u0430ble to get the most out of their other young wide receivers \u0430nd \u0440ut them in different \u0440ositions. Just bec\u0430use Burden \u0440rofiles \u0430s \u0430 slot wide receiver \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430yed there in college doesn\u2019t me\u0430n the Steelers shouldn\u2019t dr\u0430ft him if he\u2019s \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble. \u0440ittsburgh needs wide receiver hel\u0440 \u0430nd Burden could be th\u0430t hel\u0440.<\/p>\n
Steelers De\u0440ot\u2019s Steven \u0440\u0430velk\u0430 did \u0430 scouting re\u0440ort on Burden \u0430nd g\u0430ve him \u0430 first-round gr\u0430de. It cert\u0430inly tr\u0430cks th\u0430t if he is \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble \u0430t 21 the Steelers might \u0440ull the trigger \u0430nd dr\u0430ft him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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