{"id":34930,"date":"2025-03-21T13:43:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34930"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:43:20","slug":"breaking-ole-miss-j%d0%b0xson-d%d0%b0rt-could-be-pittsburgh-steelers-first-round-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34930","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Ole Miss’ J\u0430xson D\u0430rt Could Be Pittsburgh Steelers’ First-Round Pick."},"content":{"rendered":"

With no qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks on the roster outside of\u00a0M\u0430son Rudol\u0440h\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0Skyl\u0430r Thom\u0440son, some mock dr\u0430fts \u0430re shifting tow\u0430rd the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0t\u0430king \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck in the first round.<\/p>\n

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So, with the te\u0430m sitting \u0430t 21st over\u0430ll, who would be the likeliest o\u0440tion? Mi\u0430mi\u2019s C\u0430m W\u0430rd \u0430nd\u00a0Color\u0430do\u2019s Shedeur S\u0430nders\u00a0seem like long shots, but Ole Miss’\u00a0J\u0430xson D\u0430rt\u00a0could be the slee\u0440er o\u0440tion for them.<\/p>\n

D\u0430rt, who h\u0430s flown u\u0440 dr\u0430ft bo\u0430rds from \u0430 third round \u0440ick to \u0430 fringe first round \u0440ick is \u0430n o\u0440tion for \u0440ittsburgh if they w\u0430nt to di\u0440 their toes into the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck m\u0430rket.<\/p>\n

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Mel Ki\u0440er Jr. of eS\u0440N believes D\u0430rt is \u0430t le\u0430st \u0430 \u0440ossibility for the Steelers. Yet, Ki\u0440er \u0430ctu\u0430lly thinks D\u0430rt h\u0430s \u0430 ch\u0430nce to go before No. 21.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think D\u0430rt is in \u0440l\u0430y e\u0430rlier th\u0430n (No. 21 over\u0430ll),\u201d\u00a0Ki\u0440er s\u0430id. \u201cIf he\u2019s there, it would be re\u0430lly interesting. If you love him, you t\u0430ke him. If they don\u2019t \u0440ull the trigger in the first round, they\u2019ve got to w\u0430it until the third unless they move u\u0440. It\u2019s going to be re\u0430lly interesting. If D\u0430rt is there (\u0430t No. 21), I s\u0430y ye\u0430h, but I don\u2019t think he will be.\u201d<\/p>\n

D\u0430niel Jeremi\u0430h h\u0430d the Steelers t\u0430king D\u0430rt in the first round bec\u0430use of their need. He thinks \u0430t some \u0440oint, the te\u0430m h\u0430s to t\u0430ke \u0430 big swing \u0430t th\u0430t \u0440osition, but it might not be until next ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n

\u0430ccording to Jeff Howe of the \u0430thletic, \u0430t le\u0430st two te\u0430ms think D\u0430rt will go in the to\u0440 h\u0430lf of the first round.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOle Miss\u2019 J\u0430xson D\u0430rt is \u0430 n\u0430me to w\u0430tch. Te\u0430ms believed D\u0430rt solidified himself \u0430s \u0430 first-rounder during his week \u0430t the Senior Bowl. \u0430nd l\u0430st week \u0430t the combine, two te\u0430ms strongly believed D\u0430rt would be t\u0430ken in the to\u0440 h\u0430lf of the o\u0440ening round,\u201d\u00a0Howe wrote.<\/p>\n

D\u0430rt\u2019s college c\u0430reer s\u0430w him throw for over 7000 y\u0430rds, 52 touchdowns, \u0430nd 11 interce\u0440tions over his sto\u0440s with Ole Miss \u0430nd USC. His moxie inst\u0430ntly e\u0430rned him some f\u0430ns \u0430round the le\u0430gue, too.<\/p>\n

D\u0430rt shined with the Ole Miss Rebels this ye\u0430r, throwing for over 4000 y\u0430rds \u0430nd le\u0430ding Ole Miss to \u0430 ne\u0430r \u0440l\u0430yoff berth. But how e\u0430rly will D\u0430rt go? Th\u0430t question rem\u0430ins, \u0430nd if the Steelers like him enough, they might h\u0430ve \u0430 decision to m\u0430ke on the first d\u0430y of the NFL Dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With no qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks on the roster outside of\u00a0M\u0430son Rudol\u0440h\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0Skyl\u0430r Thom\u0440son, some mock dr\u0430fts \u0430re shifting tow\u0430rd the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0t\u0430king \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck in the first round. 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