If there has been one thing to learn from the first two drafts that Steelers’ general manager Omar Khan has helmed for Pittsburgh, it’s that his front office is not afraid of some injury question marks when it comes to a player they like.
This year, that player was NC State linebacker Payton Wilson, a consensus late first-round/early second-round talent who fell into the bottom of the third due to a plethora of injury red flags.
Per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, 22 NFL teams shared medical reports on Wilson before the draft, with every one of them deeming him a “one-contract player.