After starting seven different inside linebackers in 2023, the Pittsburgh Steelers aggressively revamped the room this offseason. Along with signing Patrick Queen to the most lucrative free agent contract in team history, they used a third-round pick on ILB Payton Wilson out of NC State. It is early on in the process, but the Steelers are already considering a subpackage role for the rookie to make use of his athleticism.
Subpackage football may be his foot in the door, but he has much higher goals for his career.
“Since I was a young’n, I wanna be the best in the world,” Wilson said in a video posted by YardBarker’s Aaron Becker on X.