The interest and overall connection between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Wisconsin linebacker Nick Herbig couldn’t have been more obvious, from the bloodlines with older brother, Nate, a Steelers free agent signee this offseason, to the feeder program that Wisconsin has become for the organization.
What wasn’t obvious leading up to the Steelers’ fourth-round selection of Herbig at No. 132 overall was what position he would play in the NFL.
At least initially, the Steelers say he’s going to be an outside linebacker. Throughout the pre-draft process, the belief was that Herbig would kick inside to be an off-ball defender at the next level due to his shorter stature and short arms relative to prototypical edge defenders.