The Pittsburgh Steelers took a flier on NC State LB Payton Wilson in the third round, taking the Chuck Bednarik Award winner with the No. 98 overall selection despite a medical history that scared some teams off. But Wilson has been healthy for the last two seasons and one of the best defensive players in college football, and ESPN’s Field Yates loved the value Pittsburgh got in selecting Wilson. In an article naming his favorite picks of the draft, Yates wrote that he thought Wilson was “incredible value” for the Steelers.
“Wilson landed at No. 98 because of his injury history, but the end of the third round was more than a reasonable time to justify the investment — this was an incredible value.