Since the draft, one player we’ve barely talked about is 7th rounder Carlos Davis. And that makes sense. Seventh rounders rarely come with much fanfare and Davis is no exception. For a Pittsburgh Steelers’ team that already seems to have its six defensive linemen for the 53 prior to his selection, it feels at best, he’ll make the practice squad.
He’ll be working against some history too. Being fair to him, this is largely correlation without causation, but the recent trend of 7th round picks have begun their careers somewhere other than the 53 man roster.