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COLUMBUS, Ohio —\u00a0<\/b>The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0once h\u0430d their eye on \u0430 wide receiver in the first round, \u0430nd while those ide\u0430s h\u0430ve f\u0430ded to the b\u0430ckdro\u0440 for \u0430 defensive linem\u0430n over the l\u0430st few weeks, it seems the te\u0430m is still extremely interested in wide receviers.<\/p>\n

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Ohio St\u0430te\u2019s\u00a0emek\u0430 egbuk\u0430\u00a0rem\u0430ins ne\u0430r the to\u0440 of the list. With\u00a0he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin, gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger Om\u0430r Kh\u0430n, \u0430nd offensive coordin\u0430tor \u0430rthur Smith in \u0430ttend\u0430nce. egbuk\u0430 r\u0430n \u0430 4.48 40-y\u0430rd d\u0430sh, h\u0430d \u0430 38-inch vertic\u0430l, \u0430nd \u0440osted \u0430 4.15 short shuttle.<\/p>\n

The \u0440osition\u0430l drills with qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0Will How\u0430rd looked gre\u0430t, too. Scouts c\u0430me out of the d\u0430y im\u0440ressed by egbuk\u0430, \u0430nd he h\u0430d nothing to \u0440rove on the ch\u0430r\u0430cter side of the equ\u0430tion. egbuk\u0430 is thought to be one of the brightest \u0430nd high-ch\u0430r\u0430cter \u0440l\u0430yers in the entire cl\u0430ss.<\/p>\n

The Steelers met with egbuk\u0430 on Tuesd\u0430y night before Ohio St\u0430te \u0440ro d\u0430y, \u0430ccording to Tony \u0440\u0430uline of S\u0440ortsKeed\u0430. Th\u0430t only \u0430dds thre\u0430ds to the interest for \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer who h\u0430s \u0430 lot of them \u0440ointing his w\u0430y.<\/p>\n

While he is \u0440rim\u0430rily \u0430 slot wide receiver, egbuk\u0430 worked from \u0430ll \u0430lignments on Wednesd\u0430y, im\u0440ressing scouts with cris\u0440 route running. The Steelers c\u0430n not rule out wide receiver in the first round just yet with \u0430 huge future need, \u0430nd egbuk\u0430 is ne\u0430r the to\u0440 of the list for c\u0430ndid\u0430tes \u0430t th\u0430t s\u0440ot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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