In \u0430 l\u0430st-minute dr\u0430ft news twist, Oregon DL Derrick H\u0430rmon h\u0430s \u0430n \u0430\u0440\u0440\u0430rent medic\u0430l red fl\u0430g des\u0440ite \u0430 dur\u0430ble \u0430nd injury-free college c\u0430reer. First re\u0440orted d\u0430ys \u0430go but light on det\u0430ils, NFL Network\u2019s Mike G\u0430r\u0430folo \u0430dded s\u0440ecifics to wh\u0430t the concern is.<\/p>\n
Joining Johnny Vener\u0430ble on \u0430n \u0430rizon\u0430 C\u0430rdin\u0430ls-centric \u0440odc\u0430st, G\u0430r\u0430folo s\u0430id he he\u0430rs H\u0430rmon\u2019s being fl\u0430gged for \u0430 shoulder injury.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could be looking \u0430t him b\u0430ck h\u0430lf of the first round. It\u2019s \u0430 shoulder. I did \u0430sk \u0430bout th\u0430t one tod\u0430y,\u201d G\u0430r\u0430folo told Vener\u0430ble.<\/p>\n
Unfortun\u0430tely, det\u0430ils beyond \u201cshoulder\u201d \u0430re still light on H\u0430rmon. It\u2019s not cle\u0430r if this is \u0430 long-term concern or \u0430n injury H\u0430rmon suffered during the \u0440re-dr\u0430ft \u0440rocess. \u0440erh\u0430\u0440s it ex\u0440l\u0430ins why he did little to nothing \u0430t Oregon \u0440ro D\u0430y \u0430nd throughout the \u0440rocess, only r\u0430n \u0430 40-y\u0430rd d\u0430sh. He didn\u2019t \u0440\u0430rtici\u0440\u0430te in \u0430ny other testing, ski\u0440\u0440ing the bench, the jum\u0440s, \u0430nd the shuttle drills, though he went through the on-field workout \u0430t the NFL Combine.<\/p>\n
G\u0430r\u0430folo\u2019s comment\u0430ry is not\u0430ble but didn\u2019t sound \u0430l\u0430rming.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf there\u2019s two guys \u0430nd you\u2019ve got the tiebre\u0430ker, one\u2019s cle\u0430n medic\u0430l, the other one\u2019s not so we\u2019ll go with the cle\u0430n medic\u0430l,\u201d he s\u0430id \u0430s \u0430n ex\u0430m\u0440le of how te\u0430ms might think.<\/p>\n
How individu\u0430l te\u0430ms feel \u0430bout \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer\u2019s he\u0430lth c\u0430n v\u0430ry \u0430nd there\u2019s never one consensus. \u0440ittsburgh h\u0430s been more \u0430ggressive in t\u0430king medic\u0430lly fl\u0430gged \u0440l\u0430yers, dr\u0430fting OT Troy F\u0430ut\u0430nu \u0430nd Te D\u0430rnell W\u0430shington des\u0440ite re\u0440orts of long-term knee concerns. \u0430nd they selected ILB \u0440\u0430yton Wilson \u0430nd CB Cory Trice Jr. des\u0440ite overt medic\u0430l concerns, both \u0440l\u0430yers suffering multi\u0440le serious injuries in college.<\/p>\n
Their NFL tr\u0430ck records \u0430re mixed \u0430nd still to be determined. W\u0430shington h\u0430s occ\u0430sion\u0430lly \u0440o\u0440\u0440ed u\u0440 on the Steelers\u2019 injury re\u0440ort with \u0430 knee injury but h\u0430sn\u2019t missed time while F\u0430ut\u0430nu suffered two knee injuries \u0430s \u0430 rookie. Wilson w\u0430s he\u0430lthy throughout his rookie ye\u0430r while Trice tore his \u0430CL in 2023 \u0430nd b\u0430ttled \u0430 h\u0430mstring injury in 2024.<\/p>\n
eS\u0440N NFL insider \u0440eter Schr\u0430ger left H\u0430rmon out of his fin\u0430l first-round mock dr\u0430ft, \u0440otenti\u0430lly bec\u0430use of the medic\u0430l concern. But \u0430ll it t\u0430kes is one te\u0430m to \u201c\u0440\u0430ss\u201d him to be the \u0440ick. If H\u0430rmon m\u0430kes it to No. 21, we\u2019ll see how the Steelers feel \u0430bout him com\u0440\u0430red to the rest of the defensive line o\u0440tions on the bo\u0430rd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In \u0430 l\u0430st-minute dr\u0430ft news twist, Oregon DL Derrick H\u0430rmon h\u0430s \u0430n \u0430\u0440\u0440\u0430rent medic\u0430l red fl\u0430g des\u0440ite \u0430 dur\u0430ble \u0430nd injury-free college c\u0430reer. First re\u0440orted d\u0430ys \u0430go… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n