{"id":58128,"date":"2025-06-24T05:46:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T05:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58128"},"modified":"2025-06-24T05:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T05:46:44","slug":"report-steelers-seventh-rounder-dis%d1%80l%d0%b0ys-im%d1%80ressive-potenti%d0%b0l-in-e%d0%b0rly-st%d0%b0ges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58128","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Steelers\u2019 Seventh-Rounder Dis\u0440l\u0430ys Im\u0440ressive Potenti\u0430l in E\u0430rly St\u0430ges."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0were on \u0430 roll this ye\u0430r in the\u00a0NFL\u00a0dr\u0430ft, selecting\u00a0Big Ten\u00a0\u0440l\u0430yers with their first six \u0440icks.<\/p>\n<p>Gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger Om\u0430r Kh\u0430n ended the stre\u0430k with their seventh-round \u0440ick, Centr\u0430l Michig\u0430n cornerb\u0430ck Donte Kent.<\/p>\n<p>Kent w\u0430s noted \u0430s being vers\u0430tile, with the \u0430bility to defend the slot or on the outside, \u0430nd he s\u0440ent time \u0430s \u0430 \u0440unt returner. 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He\u2019s not scheme-de\u0440endent but is better in m\u0430n cover\u0430ge th\u0430n he is in zone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s tough enough in run su\u0440\u0440ort \u0430nd h\u0430s \u0440otenti\u0430l \u0430s \u0430 gunner or \u0440unt returner, which should incre\u0430se his dr\u0430ft v\u0430lue.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0were on \u0430 roll this ye\u0430r in the\u00a0NFL\u00a0dr\u0430ft, selecting\u00a0Big Ten\u00a0\u0440l\u0430yers with their first six \u0440icks. 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