Steelers select C Jackson Powers-Johnson in NFL Nation Mock Draft

The Pittsburgh Steelers are ready to welcome former Oregon Ducks center Jackson Powers-Johnson to the family. On ESPN’s NFL Nation Mock Draft, Steelers reporter Brooke Pryor selected Powers-Johnson to the team at No. 20 overall.

“The Steelers used free agency to get most of their ducks in a row, signing for Russell Wilson and trading for Justin Fields,” Pryor said on the SportsCenter special. “But they’ll use the draft to get perhaps the most important duck in Powers-Johnson, using their first-round pick on an offensive lineman for their second year in a row.

“The team released starting center Mason Cole just prior to free agency, meaning that Powers-Johnson, a Rimington Trophy winner for the nation’s best center, will be expected to contribute flock early.”

Along with winning the Rimington Trophy, Powers-Johnson was named a First-Team Pac-12 player and First-Team All-American. Lance Zerlein of NFL.com gave his analysis of the standout offensive lineman and compared him to Quinn Meinerz.

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