Najee Harris
First-round pick, No. 24 overall
Running back, Alabama
6-foot-1, 232 pounds
Stats: 1,466 rushing yards (5.8 per carry), 43 catches for 425 yards, 30 TDs in 2020; 3,843 rushing yards, 57 TDs from scrimmage in career
Hometown: Antioch, Ala.
Tidbits: Reigning Doak Walker Award winner as college football’s best running back. … All-time leader in career touchdowns in Alabama program history (57). Also surpasses current NFL star Derrick Henry in career rushing touchdowns at the school (46; 42 for Henry). … 3,843 career rushing yards also tops the Alabama all-time list, with 4,624 all-purpose yards ranking second. … Had three touchdowns and 158 yards from scrimmage in this past season’s national championship game after having five touchdowns and 245 yards from scrimmage in the SEC championship game against Florida.. … Was the No. 1-rated overall high school recruit in the country in 2017 by Rivals. … 2016 California high school player of the year … The first running back taken by the Steelers in the first round since Rashard Mendenhall in 2008. … Steelers finished last in the NFL in rushing last season (84.4 yards per game). … Fifth consecutive year the Steelers have drafted a running back; none of the others was taken higher than Round 3. … Was the sixth Alabama player drafted in the first round, tying a record for any college in any one draft.
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