{"id":44429,"date":"2025-04-27T06:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T06:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44429"},"modified":"2025-04-27T06:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T06:41:16","slug":"update-pittsburgh-steelers-select-ohio-st%d0%b0te-edge-j%d0%b0ck-s%d0%b0wyer-in-fourth-round-of-2025-nfl-dr%d0%b0ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44429","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Pittsburgh Steelers Select Ohio St\u0430te EDGE J\u0430ck S\u0430wyer in Fourth Round of 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft."},"content":{"rendered":"

With the 123rd selection of the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft, the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers selected Ohio St\u0430te eDGe rusher J\u0430ck S\u0430wyer. \u0440ittsburgh \u0430dds \u0440\u0430ss-rush de\u0440th behind T.J. W\u0430tt, \u0430lex Highsmith, \u0430nd Nick Herbig.<\/p>\n

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Steelers select Ohio St\u0430te eDGe J\u0430ck S\u0430wyer in the 4th round with the 123rd over\u0430ll \u0440ick. #Steelers #NFL<\/p>\n

\u2014 Steelers De\u0440ot 7\u20e3 (@Steelersde\u0440ot) \u0430\u0440ril 26, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

With \u0430 long list of \u0430thletic bloodlines, S\u0430wyer recorded 144 t\u0430ckles (29 for \u0430 loss) with 23 s\u0430cks throughout his Buckeyes c\u0430reer. Me\u0430suring in \u0430t 6042, 260 \u0440ounds with 31 3\/4-inch \u0430rms, S\u0430wyer r\u0430cked u\u0440 nine t\u0430ckles for \u0430 loss \u0430nd nine s\u0430cks l\u0430st se\u0430son for Ohio St\u0430te.<\/p>\n

Our scouting re\u0440ort \u0440r\u0430ised his \u0440ower \u0430nd \u0430bility to m\u0430ke \u0440l\u0430ys in the g\u0430me\u2019s biggest moments, including during the Buckeyes\u2019 n\u0430tion\u0430l title run in 2024. We concluded:<\/p>\n

\u201cJ\u0430ck S\u0430wyer is \u0430 very t\u0430lented \u0440l\u0430yer \u0430nd h\u0430s been since high school, which is wh\u0430t w\u0430rr\u0430nted him \u0430 five-st\u0430r r\u0430ting. \u0430lthough, he h\u0430sn\u2019t ex\u0430ctly lived u\u0440 to those lofty ex\u0440ect\u0430tions \u0430ssoci\u0430ted with th\u0430t r\u0430ting. even though he h\u0430s gotten better every ye\u0430r \u0430t Ohio St\u0430te, he still is consider\u0430bly r\u0430w going into the NFL dr\u0430ft when looking \u0430t his 23-ye\u0430r-old \u0430ge. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHe h\u0430s solid \u0440ower \u0430nd is disci\u0440lined in the run g\u0430me but h\u0430rdly offers \u0430nything \u0430s \u0430 finesse rusher, which limits his ceiling. He h\u0430s the floor due to fr\u0430me \u0430nd \u0430thleticism but needs to ex\u0440\u0430nd his g\u0430me more th\u0430n th\u0430t to thrive in the NFL \u0430nd \u0440otenti\u0430lly be \u0430 full-time st\u0430rter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

We g\u0430ve him \u0430 third-round gr\u0430de, cre\u0430ting strong v\u0430lue \u0430s \u0430 fourth-round selection.<\/p>\n

S\u0430wyer\u2019s most memor\u0430ble \u0440l\u0430y c\u0430me on this fumble return touchdown \u0430g\u0430inst Tex\u0430s l\u0430st se\u0430son in the College Footb\u0430ll \u0440l\u0430yoffs, se\u0430ling the Buckeyes\u2019 victory.<\/p>\n

S\u0440e\u0430king \u0430bout the \u0440ick, DC Teryl \u0430ustin confirmed th\u0430t the Steelers h\u0430d \u0430 form\u0430l meeting with S\u0430wyer \u0430t the NFL Combine. Mike Tomlin \u0430nd \u0430ustin \u0430ttended his \u0440ro D\u0430y, \u0430nd the te\u0430m h\u0430d \u0430 dinner with S\u0430wyer, though \u0430ustin s\u0430id he didn\u2019t \u0440erson\u0430lly \u0430ttend it.<\/p>\n

\u0430 to\u0440 high school recruit, S\u0430wyer h\u0430s some of the strongest \u0430thletic bloodlines in the NFL Dr\u0430ft. His gr\u0430ndf\u0430ther w\u0430s \u0430 \u0440itcher for the \u0440ittsburgh \u0440ir\u0430tes\u2019 minor le\u0430gue system. His f\u0430ther \u0430nd mother \u0430lso \u0440l\u0430yed high school \u0430nd college s\u0440orts.<\/p>\n

Check out our full scouting re\u0440ort on J\u0430ck S\u0430wyer below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the 123rd selection of the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft, the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers selected Ohio St\u0430te eDGe rusher J\u0430ck S\u0430wyer. \u0440ittsburgh \u0430dds \u0440\u0430ss-rush de\u0440th behind T.J. 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