The Pittsburgh Steelers somewhat surprisingly drafted a tackle during the 2018 NFL Draft and if that wasn’t enough, they used a third-round selection on Western Michigan product Chukwuma Okorafor. As a result of that selection one can easily speculate that the team’s fourth-round selection in the 2016 NFL Draft, former LSU tackle Jerald Hawkins, is not a lock to make the 53-man roster in 2018.
Hawkins’ career so far in Pittsburgh has really been nondescript. For starters, his rookie season ended before it really even got started thanks to a shoulder injury that he reportedly suffered during the team’s first preseason game of 2016.