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5 players fans like that the Steelers won’t draft in 2020

By Tommy Jaggi

MADISON, WISCONSIN - NOVEMBER 09: Jonathan Taylor #23 of the Wisconsin Badgers runs with the football in the second half against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Camp Randall Stadium on November 09, 2019 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images)
MADISON, WISCONSIN - NOVEMBER 09: Jonathan Taylor #23 of the Wisconsin Badgers runs with the football in the second half against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Camp Randall Stadium on November 09, 2019 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images) /
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MOBILE, AL – JANUARY 25: Safety Jeremy Chinn #22 from Southern Illinois of the North Team before the start of the 2020 Resse’s Senior Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on January 25, 2020 in Mobile, Alabama. The Noth Team defeated the South Team 34 to 17. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)
MOBILE, AL – JANUARY 25: Safety Jeremy Chinn #22 from Southern Illinois of the North Team before the start of the 2020 Resse’s Senior Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on January 25, 2020 in Mobile, Alabama. The Noth Team defeated the South Team 34 to 17. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images) /

S/LB Jeremy Chinn

Sticking with small-school products, here’s another one that is flying up draft boards, yet the Steelers won’t have interest in. Jeremy Chinn was a wildly productive college safety at Southern Illinois who earned 13 interceptions in four seasons.

Muck like Dugger, Chinn has an intriguing blend of size and athletic traits, but Chinn’s metrics are even more impressive. At 6’3” and 221 pounds, there have already been talks of moving Chinn to linebacker in the NFL. With a 4.45-second 40, a 41” vertical, and 138” broad jump, Chinn would instantly become one of the most athletic linebackers in the league.

Unfortunately, if history tells us anything, it’s that Mike Tomlin and Kevin Colbert don’t like to take risks on small-school players this early in the draft. Though I would strongly consider making an exception for Jeremy Chinn, they don’t really stray from their formula. Some team may find a diamond in the rough with Chinn, but it won’t be the Steelers.

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