The Pittsburgh Steelers are not ordinarily the team of team that likes to dip into the small-school well too often, at least not in recent history. Once upon a time, they helped carve out a dynasty by mining the talent that was going overlooked by other teams, but scouting has changed significantly since then, with far fewer blind spots.
This year, however, they did add another small-school player, drafting Alex Highsmith in the third round, an outside linebacker out of Charlotte. He played along the defensive line, collegiately, of course, but will be asked to play standing up in Pittsburgh.