Even with Bud Dupree safely tucked away under the franchise tag for the 2020 season, the Pittsburgh Steelers still made it a priority to upgrade the outside linebacker position, and to do so they used their second pick in the 2020 NFL Draft to address it, coming away with small-school product Alex Highsmith, who was among the nation’s sack leaders last season.
One of the individuals who was responsible for putting Highsmith in the position to succeed on the edge in 2019 was Charlotte’s co-defensive coordinator and assistant head coach, Marcus West, who recently appeared on The Fan to discuss his former player, and the Steelers’ newest linebacker.