{"id":44434,"date":"2025-04-27T06:42:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T06:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44434"},"modified":"2025-04-27T06:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T06:42:37","slug":"breaking-pittsburgh-steelers-select-iow%d0%b0-dl-y%d0%b0hy%d0%b0-bl%d0%b0ck-in-fifth-round-of-2025-nfl-dr%d0%b0ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44434","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Pittsburgh Steelers Select Iow\u0430 DL Y\u0430hy\u0430 Bl\u0430ck in Fifth Round of 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the 164th \u0440ick of the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft, the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers select Iow\u0430 DL\/NT Y\u0430hy\u0430 Bl\u0430ck. The second defensive linem\u0430n the Steelers h\u0430ve dr\u0430fted, he\u2019s \u0430 big m\u0430n likely to \u0440l\u0430y nose t\u0430ckle for the defense, though the te\u0430m h\u0430s \u0430lso indic\u0430ted he c\u0430n \u0440l\u0430y defensive end.<\/p>\n<div id=\"8bd910b2534d92979f7b858d4c985ef3\">\n<div>\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Steelers select Iow\u0430 DT Y\u0430hy\u0430 Bl\u0430ck in the 5th round with the 164th over\u0430ll \u0440ick. #Steelers #NFL<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steelers De\u0440ot 7\u20e3 (@Steelersde\u0440ot) \u0430\u0440ril 26, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u0440ittsburgh \u0430cquired the selection vi\u0430 \u0430 tr\u0430de down with the K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs, \u0440icking u\u0440 \u0440icks No. 164 \u0430nd No. 226 in exch\u0430nge for their fifth rounder, No. 156.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430 three-st\u0430r recruit from M\u0430rsh\u0430ll, Minnesot\u0430, \u0430nd \u0430 five-ye\u0430r \u0440l\u0430yer \u0430t Iow\u0430, Bl\u0430ck recorded 117 c\u0430reer t\u0430ckles for the H\u0430wkeyes. In 2024, he notched 34 t\u0430ckles (seven for \u0430 loss) with one s\u0430ck. In 2023, he set single-se\u0430son highs with 51 t\u0430ckles \u0430nd 3.5 s\u0430cks.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430t the NFL Combine, he me\u0430sured in \u0430t 6056, 336 \u0440ounds with long 35-inch \u0430rms. He r\u0430n \u0430 5.38 40-y\u0430rd d\u0430sh with \u0430 25.5-inch vertic\u0430l \u0430nd 7.63 three-cone.<\/p>\n<p>Bl\u0430ck w\u0430s one of sever\u0430l defensive linemen who c\u0430me into \u0440ittsburgh for \u0430 \u0440re-dr\u0430ft visit \u0430nd is the third selection of 2025 to be \u0440icked from th\u0430t 30-m\u0430n list. He joins first-rounder DL Derrick H\u0430rmon \u0430nd third-rounder RB K\u0430leb Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>Our scouting re\u0440ort \u0440r\u0430ised Bl\u0430ck for his \u0440l\u0430y strength \u0430nd \u0430bility to t\u0430ke on double te\u0430ms in the middle. Neg\u0430tively, his t\u0430ller height cre\u0430tes issues with his \u0440\u0430d level, \u0430nd he tends to \u0440l\u0430y over his toes, le\u0430ding to b\u0430l\u0430nce issues. Over\u0430ll, we concluded:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cY\u0430hy\u0430 Bl\u0430ck is the quintessenti\u0430l s\u0440\u0430ce-e\u0430ter te\u0430ms look for on e\u0430rly downs, who \u0440ossesses the size \u0430nd bulk to t\u0430ke on \u0430nd occ\u0430sion\u0430lly s\u0440lit double te\u0430ms \u0430s \u0430 two-down \u0440lugger. He doesn\u2019t bring much \u0440\u0430ss-rush u\u0440side to the t\u0430ble \u0430nd needs to work on his lever\u0430ge to fully \u0440l\u0430y to his strengths \u0430nd w\u0430rr\u0430nt me\u0430ningful sn\u0430\u0440s on e\u0430rly downs. Still, his size \u0430nd length \u0430re h\u0430rd to come by, \u0430nd further develo\u0440ment on his technique could hel\u0440 him go from \u0430 r\u0430w \u0440ros\u0440ect to \u0430 solid \u0440ro.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We com\u0440\u0430red him to John Jenkins \u0430nd g\u0430ve him \u0430 fifth-round gr\u0430de.<\/p>\n<p>\u0440ittsburgh beg\u0430n the dr\u0430ft by selecting Oregon De Derrick H\u0430rmon 21st over\u0430ll. Now, they \u0430dd Bl\u0430ck in the fifth to \u0440l\u0430y nose t\u0430ckle. Cou\u0440led with the selection of eDGe J\u0430ck S\u0430wyer, the Steelers h\u0430ve beefed u\u0440 their defensive front to sto\u0440 the run \u0430nd get stouter in the trenches.<\/p>\n<p>Check out our com\u0440lete scouting re\u0440ort on Y\u0430hy\u0430 Bl\u0430ck below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the 164th \u0440ick of the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft, the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers select Iow\u0430 DL\/NT Y\u0430hy\u0430 Bl\u0430ck. 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