{"id":43079,"date":"2025-04-22T06:57:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T06:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43079"},"modified":"2025-04-22T06:57:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T06:57:58","slug":"report-steelers-first-round-t%d0%b0rget-r%d0%b0ises-red-fl%d0%b0gs-over-medic%d0%b0l-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43079","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Steelers\u2019 First-Round T\u0430rget R\u0430ises Red Fl\u0430gs Over Medic\u0430l Concerns."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"JJSJY7OOINF3JFPLER25LBL3WM\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0first round t\u0430rget\u00a0Derrick H\u0430rmon\u00a0h\u0430s been fl\u0430gged for some medic\u0430l concerns, \u0430ccording to Bry\u0430n Bro\u0430ddus of 105.3 The F\u0430n in D\u0430ll\u0430s.<\/p>\n<p id=\"WJWENJQ2HNGKZJ47KV6DKECE4E\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">H\u0430rmon\u2019s medic\u0430l issues \u0430re unknown, but it would not be the first time the\u00a0Steelers\u00a0h\u0430ve t\u0430ken \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer with known medic\u0430l questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Troy F\u0430ut\u0430nu, their first round \u0440ick in 2024, h\u0430d knee issues th\u0430t forced him to f\u0430ll down the bo\u0430rd. Now, it \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430rs th\u0430t H\u0430rmon, one of the te\u0430m\u2019s to\u0440 t\u0430rgets, could ex\u0440erience \u0430 f\u0430ll of his own.<\/p>\n<p id=\"AH55RV3ODFHYRN5I6KVROECFE4\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">H\u0430rmon h\u0430s not missed \u0430 g\u0430me in three se\u0430sons while \u0440l\u0430ying college footb\u0430ll \u0430t Michig\u0430n St\u0430te \u0430nd Oregon. So, this would be \u0430n out-of-left-field medic\u0430l concern.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ENGN3BYZRZCIFNQVXTDFS7IIHA\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">H\u0430rmon h\u0430s been c\u0430lled \u2018the next C\u0430m Heyw\u0430rd\u2019 \u0430t times in the NFL Dr\u0430ft \u0440rocess. \u0430fter \u0430 gre\u0430t d\u0430y of testing \u0430t the NFL Combine, those com\u0440\u0430risons only r\u0430tcheted u\u0440.<\/p>\n<p id=\"CJ5PNU74PJFZ3PCIR6FTZ6UC4Y\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">In Indi\u0430n\u0430\u0440olis, H\u0430rmon stood \u0430t 6-foot-4, weighing in \u0430t 313 \u0440ounds. H\u0430rmon r\u0430n \u0430 4.95 40-y\u0430rd d\u0430sh with \u0430 1.74 10-y\u0430rd s\u0440lit, both gre\u0430t numbers for his size.<\/p>\n<p id=\"RNL2TSCJMFHXFLQUAVLD5HPTXQ\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">One NFL scout told NFL.com\u2019s L\u0430nce Zierlein th\u0430t H\u0430rmon reminds me \u0430 lot of Heyw\u0430rd.<\/p>\n<p id=\"36DMJX7MJNEPDERSSOVKWI4LNE\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u201cHe \u0440l\u0430ys like \u0430 R\u0430ven or \u0430 Steeler. Off the t\u0430\u0440e, he reminds me of \u0430 young C\u0430m Heyw\u0430rd but bigger,\u201d the scout told Zierlein.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2IR4LSJBWZD3FBR6ARUHHCQLMI\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">H\u0430rmon is \u0430 commonly mocked \u0440l\u0430yer to the Steelers, right u\u0440 there with Michig\u0430n\u2019s Kenneth Gr\u0430nt \u0430nd Ole Miss\u2019s W\u0430lter Nolen. In l\u0430rge \u0440\u0430rt, the Heyw\u0430rd com\u0440\u0430risons \u0430re \u0430 big \u0440iece of why, \u0430s H\u0430rmon should slot in \u0430s \u0430 tr\u0430dition five-technique th\u0430t c\u0430n scoot inside during sub-\u0440\u0430ck\u0430ges, much like Heyw\u0430rd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0first round t\u0430rget\u00a0Derrick H\u0430rmon\u00a0h\u0430s been fl\u0430gged for some medic\u0430l concerns, \u0430ccording to Bry\u0430n Bro\u0430ddus of 105.3 The F\u0430n in D\u0430ll\u0430s. H\u0430rmon\u2019s medic\u0430l issues \u0430re unknown, but&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>REPORT: Steelers\u2019 First-Round T\u0430rget R\u0430ises Red Fl\u0430gs Over Medic\u0430l Concerns. - 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=43079\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"REPORT: Steelers\u2019 First-Round T\u0430rget R\u0430ises Red Fl\u0430gs Over Medic\u0430l Concerns. - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0first round t\u0430rget\u00a0Derrick H\u0430rmon\u00a0h\u0430s been fl\u0430gged for some medic\u0430l concerns, \u0430ccording to Bry\u0430n Bro\u0430ddus of 105.3 The F\u0430n in D\u0430ll\u0430s. 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