Pittsburgh Steelers Film Room: Linebacker Fred Warner

The Pittsburgh Steelers’ offseason has begun. The focus on the draft here at Still Curtain is full speed ahead and with that, I bring you the Film Room series covering a new prospect at a position of need for the Steelers every time.

The Pittsburgh Steelers draft coverage keeps on rolling today with another linebacker. I want fans to be as familiar as they can be with any possible Steelers’ draft pick in April.

There are always draft prospects that are well-known every year that is clear. However, there are also always guys that utilize the extra exposure in the Senior Bowl to shoot their stock up.

Fred Warner from BYU is the latter. He had a great week of practice leading up to the senior bowl and shot his name into conversations it was not previously in.

Warner didn’t have eye-popping numbers in his career but he was a productive linebacker. He doesn’t do any one thing great but he does a lot of things really well.

In the NFL, this bodes well for rookies looking to maximize their playing time. He is likely to be a special teams guy for the majority of his first year.

Profile:

Name: Fred Warner

School: BYU

Position: Linebacker

Height: 6 ft. 4 in.     Weight: 230 pounds

Games Watched

BYU vs UNLV – 1 total tackle, 1 INT

Utah vs BYU – 8 total tackles, 1 TFL, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery

BYU vs Wisconsin – 7 total tackles, 0.5 TFL