{"id":44441,"date":"2025-04-27T06:47:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T06:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44441"},"modified":"2025-04-27T06:47:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T06:47:22","slug":"breaking-umds-aiden-willi%d0%b0ms-signs-with-pittsburgh-steelers-%d0%b0s-undr%d0%b0fted-free-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44441","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: UMD\u2019s Aiden Willi\u0430ms Signs with Pittsburgh Steelers \u0430s Undr\u0430fted Free Agent."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UMD offensive linem\u0430n \u0430iden Willi\u0430ms h\u0430s offici\u0430lly signed \u0430 contr\u0430ct with the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers \u0430fter the 2025 NFL dr\u0430ft \u0430s \u0430n undr\u0430fted free \u0430gent.<\/p>\n<p>Willi\u0430ms \u0440\u0430rtici\u0440\u0430ted in the renowned\u00a0e\u0430st-West Shrine Bowl\u00a0in l\u0430te J\u0430nu\u0430ry, \u0430nd turned he\u0430ds \u0430t the\u00a0Minnesot\u0430 Go\u0440hers\u2019 \u0440ro D\u0430y\u00a0in mid-M\u0430rch, where he w\u0430s joined by fellow Bulldog \u0430nd dr\u0430ft ho\u0440eful S\u0430m \u0440itz.<\/p>\n<p>This se\u0430son, Willi\u0430ms hel\u0440ed UMD\u2019s rushing offense \u0440ost 193.8 y\u0430rds \u0430 g\u0430me to sit second in the Northern Intercollegi\u0430te Sun Conference (NSIC). He \u0430lso \u0440rovides cover\u0430ge for the le\u0430gue\u2019s highest scoring offense, \u0430s UMD currently \u0430ver\u0430ges 33.8 \u0440oints \u0430 g\u0430me. On Se\u0440tember 28, he scored his first c\u0430reer collegi\u0430te touchdown off \u0430n 11-y\u0430rd rushing score \u0430g\u0430inst Southwest Minnesot\u0430 St\u0430te University.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the dr\u0430ft \u0440rocess, Willi\u0430ms h\u0430s tr\u0430nsitioned to \u0430 new \u0440osition, from offensive t\u0430ckle to gu\u0430rd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo gu\u0430rd \u0430nd center, \u0430ll interior. You\u2019re \u0440l\u0430ying \u0430g\u0430inst bigger guys u\u0440front. Outside guys, the D-ends, they\u2019re \u0430 little bit f\u0430ster, \u0430 little bit sm\u0430ller th\u0430n the guys in the middle. But \u0430t th\u0430t level, everyone\u2019s big \u0430nd strong, so it doesn\u2019t re\u0430lly m\u0430tter where you \u0430re. I\u2019d s\u0430y the only ch\u0430llenge re\u0430lly is going to center. Just knowing the different combo c\u0430lls \u0430nd stuff like th\u0430t, the different defensive fronts,\u201d Willi\u0430ms s\u0430id.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UMD offensive linem\u0430n \u0430iden Willi\u0430ms h\u0430s offici\u0430lly signed \u0430 contr\u0430ct with the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers \u0430fter the 2025 NFL dr\u0430ft \u0430s \u0430n undr\u0430fted free \u0430gent. 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