Steelers Host Freakishly Athletic Defensive Lineman for Pre-Draft Visit
The Pittsburgh Steelers are hosting SMU defensive tackle Jared Harrison-Hunte for a pre-draft visit on Friday.
Harrison-Hunte follows his SMU teammate Elijah Roberts, who visited Pittsburgh on Tuesday. He is the seventh defensive lineman to make a pre-draft visit to Pittsburgh, including Roberts, Oregon’s Derrick Harmon and Jamaree Caldwell, Florida State’s Joshua Farmer, Iowa’s Yahya Black and Ole Miss’ J.J. Pegues.
Harrison-Hunte is a bit on the small side for a Steelers defensive lineman, checking in at 6-foot-3 3/8 and 290 pounds at the 2025 NFL Combine, but he makes up for with with extreme athleticism.
He ran a 4.86-second 40-yard dash, in the 95th percentile of defensive linemen, a 4.65 second shuttle, 7.76-second three-cone, 32-inch vertical and 9-foot-3 broad jump for an overall 9.20 Relative Athletic Score.
Harrison-Hunte spent five seasons at Miami before transferring to SMU in 2024. He had the best year of his career by far, recording 6.5 sacks, 42 tackles, nine tackles for loss — all career highs — and also had his first career interception.
The Steelers previously scouted Harrison-Hunte at the 2025 Shrine Bowl. He is currently the No. 296 overall player on the NFL Mock Draft Database consensus big board.
In addition to Harrison-Hunte, Texas A&M outside linebacker Shemar Stewart and Kansas State running back DJ Giddens also took visits to UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on Thursday. The other visitors were previously reported.
STEELERS 2025 NFL DRAFT VISITOR TRACKER
Louisville QB Tyler Shough (March 6)
Ole Miss DT J.J. Pegues (March 6)
West Virginia OL Wyatt Milum (March 6) (exempt)
Tennessee RB Dylan Sampson (March 14)
TCU WR/RB Savion Williams (March 14)
Iowa DT Yahya Black (March 14)
Iowa State WR Jayden Higgins (March 17)
Pitt K Ben Sauls (March 18) (exempt)
Texas WR Matthew Golden (April 3)
Iowa RB Kaleb Johnson (April 3)
Florida State CB Azareye’h Thomas (April 3)
Pitt TE Gavin Bartholomew (April 3) (exempt)
Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart (April 4)
South Carolina SS Nick Emmanwori (April 4)
Oregon NT Jamaree Caldwell (April 4)
Iowa State WR Jaylin Noel (April 4)
Virginia Tech RB Bhayshul Tuten (April 7)
Florida State DT Joshua Farmer (April 7)
SMU DL Elijah Roberts (April 8)
Ole Miss CB Trey Amos (April 8)
Oklahoma State RB Ollie Gordon (April 9)
North Carolina RB Omarion Hampton (April 9)
Oregon DT Derrick Harmon (April 9)
Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders (April 10)
Pitt S Donovan McMillon (April 10) (exempt)
Kansas State RB DJ Giddens (April 11)
Texas A&M OLB Shemar Stewart (April 11)
SMU DT Jared Harrison-Hunte (April 11)
Texas RB Jaydon Blue (per player)
UCF RB R.J. Harvey (reported)
Visits completed: 24/30
Visits reported: 26/30
