Those who follow along well enough should get a pretty decent sense during the pre-draft process which prospects fit what the Pittsburgh Steelers are looking for. We’re talking about the sort of players who, if available when it’s their turn to pick, will shortly be wearing the black and gold.
Wisconsin’s Keeanu Benton is one such player who was identified early on, by Alex Kozora. The connections only became more prominent during Senior Bowl practices, with a certain head coach looming over the Badger, as Louis Riddick noted recently in talking about the Steelers’ defense.
“Keeanu Benton, who they drafted out of Wisconsin, I remember Mike [Tomlin] standing down at the Senior Bowl watching this dude and coaching him individually”, he said on the Rich Eisen Show.