The Pittsburgh Steelers surprised many when they moved into the fifth round of the 2021 NFL Draft earlier today, giving up a future fourth-round pick to do so. Selecting defensive lineman Isaiahh Loudermilk with that selection was probably even more surprising. In fact, most everybody seems to be downright disappointed.
The Wisconsin Badger was not a touted player during the pre-draft process, and in fact, many outlets such as NFL.com projected him to be a priority free agent signing, rather than a fifth-round pick, though there were some who believed he would sneak into the later rounds.
“I didn’t look too much into it”, he told reporters during his introductory conference call earlier today about his pre-draft evaluations, “just because it’s really about not where you start, but where you finish, and that’s kind of the mentality that I have”.