We’re proper within the midst of the free company flurry, with the Pittsburgh Steelers making a higher-than-usual quantity of acquisitions, primarily resulting from a wealth of cap house. Nonetheless, one place that was hit fairly arduous by them was at vast receiver, the place they misplaced JuJu Smith-Schuster, James Washington, and return specialist Ray Ray McCloud. The workforce added an improve over the latter this previous week, signing former First-Staff All Professional return/slot man Gunner Olszewski of the Patriots. Nonetheless, the depth of the place has been compromised considerably, and if an harm happens to starters Chase Claypool or Diontae Johnson, the workforce could possibly be in actual hassle.
Maybe that’s why the newest mock draft from Professional Soccer Community has them fixing that downside. The final time the workforce took a receiver from USC, it labored out fairly properly for them, and this mock has them going again to that properly once more within the type of Drake London. A towering receiver at 6-foot-4 and 219 kilos, the AP third-team All American led the Trojans with 88 catches for 1,084 yards and seven touchdowns-in solely 8 video games. His junior season was minimize brief resulting from a damaged ankle however he’s on the mend. He is not going to work out on the Trojans’ Professional Day on Wednesday, however will as a substitute maintain his personal private one on April 5, the place he’ll do positional drills. It stays to be seen if he’ll run the 40 however that’s not likely his sturdy level.
A former Trojan basketball participant within the 2019-20 season, he brings that very same mentality and recreation to the soccer area, routinely making 50/50 balls appear to be 90/10 ones. His physique positioning, large catch radius and high-point capacity will make him a coveted purple zone goal on the subsequent stage. In accordance with NFL.com, an space scout for an AFC workforce had the next evaluation on London:
“I feel he’s going to check higher than folks assume however I doubt he runs. I don’t care how briskly he’s, I wouldn’t be in opposition to him as a result of his ball abilities are actually particular.”
Not a velocity burner-type, a professional comparability he’s typically linked to is the Tampa Bay Bucs’ Mike Evans, probably resulting from his sheer dimension and talent to impose his will on smaller defensive backs. Though he lacks the top-flight velocity of Claypool, he would offer a priceless chess piece and a matchup nightmare that Matt Canada would get pleasure from using everywhere in the area, whereas additionally greater than adequately changing Smith-Schuster. Wherever he finally ends up, it’s a secure guess you’ll see London placing a number of victims on ESPN Monday Night time Countdown’s “You Obtained Mossed” segments subsequent season.
