Commitment made by pick of Harris in 1st
It was time. And the way it worked out was perfect because when the Steelers’ turn came to make the 24th overall selection of the 2021 NFL Draft, need and best player available had come together perfectly for them.
It was time, not only for a running back to be selected in the first round of this particular draft but also time for the Steelers to make the kind of commitment to improving the running game that spending a No. 1 pick on a running back represents. And it didn’t take them long after going on the clock to make that commitment via the selection of Alabama’s Najee Harris.
“When we went through our scenarios, it was an easy decision by us to say, if Najee Harris is available, we will pick him,” said General Manager Kevin Colbert. “He’s an exciting player, and he’s a three-dimensional running back coming from a professional offensive system. He’s made NFL runs his whole career, and it was
