Steelers Pick Linebacker In Second Round

Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images

The Steelers selected Jason Worilds, a 6-1, 254 pound outside linebacker from Virginia Tech in the second round of the NFL Draft.

Worilds, 22, played defensive end at Virginia Tech but will be converted to outside linebacker by Pittsburgh.  He had 15.5 sacks in his career as a Hokie.

NewsRadio 1020 KDKA talked exclusively with FanHouse NFL writer Dave Goldberg about Jason Worilds.

In the third round, the Steelers drafted Emmanuel Sanders, a 5-11, 185 pound wide receiver from SMU.