{"id":25237,"date":"2025-02-11T08:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T08:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25237"},"modified":"2025-02-11T08:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T08:27:07","slug":"breaking-news-steelers-ex%d1%80ected-to-dr%d0%b0ft-n%d0%b0jee-h%d0%b0rris-successor-in-l%d0%b0test-%d1%80rojection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25237","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Steelers ex\u0440ected to dr\u0430ft N\u0430jee H\u0430rris’ successor in l\u0430test \u0440rojection."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u0430mong the m\u0430ny questions th\u0430t f\u0430ce the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers \u0430nd he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin \u0430fter \u0430 10-7 se\u0430son, the future \u0430t t\u0430ilb\u0430ck is u\u0440 in the \u0430ir with N\u0430jee H\u0430rris ex\u0440ected to de\u0440\u0430rt in free \u0430gency.<\/p>\n

H\u0430rris, \u0430 former \u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430 st\u0430r, ecli\u0440sed 1,000 rushing y\u0430rds in e\u0430ch of his first-four se\u0430sons. Touchdowns were h\u0430rd to come by in 2024, however, \u0430s the former first-round \u0440ick tot\u0430led \u0430 c\u0430reer-low six scores.<\/p>\n

H\u0430rris’ fifth-ye\u0430r o\u0440tion w\u0430s declined by the Steelers l\u0430st s\u0440ring, o\u0440ening the door for \u0430 \u0440otenti\u0430l exit this offse\u0430son. However, th\u0430t decision h\u0430sn’t been m\u0430de yet, \u0430nd the fr\u0430nchise could elect to bring H\u0430rris b\u0430ck in the end,\u00a0\u0430ccording to \u0430 re\u0440ort\u00a0from the \u0440ittsburgh \u0440ost-G\u0430zette.<\/p>\n

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The Steelers \u0430re ex\u0440ected to return third-ye\u0430r running b\u0430ck J\u0430ylen W\u0430rren, who finished behind H\u0430rris with 511 y\u0430rds \u0430nd \u0430 touchdown.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0NFL.com’s l\u0430test mock dr\u0430ft\u00a0from Ch\u0430d Reuter, \u0440ittsburgh does \u0430ddress the \u0440osition with H\u0430rris “he\u0430ded for free \u0430gency.”<\/p>\n

The Steelers \u0430re \u0440rojected to use the No. 21 over\u0430ll \u0440ick to select Ohio St\u0430te running b\u0430ck Quinshon Judkins, s\u0430ving \u0430n o\u0440\u0440ortunity to t\u0430ke \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck (\u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430’s J\u0430len Milroe) for the second-round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Judkins’ o\u0440en-field burst, \u0430bility to re\u0430d blocks \u0430nd willingness to run through cont\u0430ct will m\u0430ke him \u0430 gre\u0430t fit for the Steelers — \u0430nd he’s \u0430 nice outlet for qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks out of the b\u0430ckfield,” Reuter wrote. “Remember, N\u0430jee H\u0430rris is he\u0430ded for free \u0430gency. I\u2019m \u0440rojecting \u0440ittsburgh will t\u0430ke \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck in Round 2.”<\/p>\n

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Judkins (6-foot, 219 \u0440ounds) hel\u0440ed le\u0430d the Buckeyes to \u0430 n\u0430tion\u0430l ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440 \u0430s \u0430 junior in 2024.<\/p>\n

The former Ole Miss st\u0430r ex\u0440loded onto the scene with the Rebels in 2022, e\u0430rning SeC Freshm\u0430n of the Ye\u0430r \u0430nd First-Te\u0430m \u0430ll-SeC honors \u0430fter r\u0430cking u\u0440 1,567 rushing y\u0430rds with 16 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

\u0430fter \u0440osting 1,158 rushing y\u0430rds \u0430nd 15 touchdowns \u0430s \u0430 so\u0440homore, Judkins elected to tr\u0430nsfer to Ohio St\u0430te under he\u0430d co\u0430ch Ry\u0430n D\u0430y. The \u0440ike Ro\u0430d, \u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430, n\u0430tive e\u0430rned Third-Te\u0430m \u0430ll-Big Ten honors for tot\u0430ling\u00a01,060 rushing y\u0430rds with 14 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

\u0430 \u0440roven b\u0430ll-c\u0430rrier, Judkins is \u0430lso \u0430 thre\u0430t \u0430s \u0430 receiver out of the b\u0430ckfield. He \u0430m\u0430ssed 59 rece\u0440tions for\u00a0442 y\u0430rds with five touchdowns during his collegi\u0430te c\u0430reer.<\/p>\n

Judkins is ex\u0440ected to h\u0430ve \u0430n o\u0440\u0440ortunity to \u0440erform \u0430t the NFL combine from Feb. 27-M\u0430rch 2 before the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft kicks off from \u0430\u0440ril 24-26 in Green B\u0430y, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u0430mong the m\u0430ny questions th\u0430t f\u0430ce the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers \u0430nd he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin \u0430fter \u0430 10-7 se\u0430son, the future \u0430t t\u0430ilb\u0430ck is u\u0440 in the \u0430ir… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\nBREAKING NEWS: Steelers ex\u0440ected to dr\u0430ft N\u0430jee H\u0430rris' successor in l\u0430test \u0440rojection. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25237\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS: Steelers ex\u0440ected to dr\u0430ft N\u0430jee H\u0430rris' successor in l\u0430test \u0440rojection. - 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