Player: ILB Payton Wilson
Stock Value: Up
Reasoning: The Pittsburgh Steelers are talking up the rookie inside linebacker heading into training camp. From the sounds of it, Payton Wilson could have a defensive role as early as the season opener. Drafted in the third round, he slid because most of the league feared he would have a short career due to medicals. If there are grounds for those fears, of course, then it only makes sense to get him on the field sooner.
There isn’t much on a football field that Payton Wilson can’t do as an inside linebacker.