The Pittsburgh Steelers brought in 29 college football players for pre-draft visits, the biggest indicator of interest in a prospect. And then there’s OT Travis Clayton. Make no mistake, he’s draft-eligible, but he’s not from the NCAA. He’s from the UK, a former rugby player part of the league’s International Pathway Program looking to crack an NFL roster.
Clayton is new to many Steelers fans learning about the name, and understandably so. He’s not someone you’d be watching on Saturdays. But he’s a name we covered recently in our discussion of three international prospects worth monitoring alongside British Columbia OT Giovanni Manu and Jamaican TE/DE Roje Stona, who competed in discus at Arkansas.