The Pittsburgh Steelers have invited South Carolina LB Debo Williams to take part of their rookie minicamp subsequent weekend on a tryout foundation, per Aaron Wilson on X.
Williams performed 4 seasons at South Carolina after spending his freshman 2020 yr at Delaware. The Covid-19 pandemic shortened the season, and he by no means truly ended up taking part in for Delaware.
He performed most of his snaps for the Gamecocks as an inside linebacker and likewise contributed on particular groups on the punt return and subject goal-block items.
In 4 seasons at South Carolina, Williams registered 225 whole tackles, three sacks, one pressured fumble, and three passes defensed. That included a 113-tackle season in 2023. He served as a staff captain for his final two seasons and had different accolades, together with a power and conditioning award, a spot on SEC’s fall honor roll, and first-team All-SEC in 2023.
Right here’s a clip of Williams studying a handoff and pulling the set off downhill to make a deal with for loss from The Draft Community’s Keith Sanchez.
The 6003, 225-pound linebacker was not invited to the 2025 NFL Scouting Mix, however he labored out at his Professional Day. He ran a 4.85-second 40-yard sprint with a 31.5-inch vertical bounce, a 9’4″ broad bounce, 4.44-second brief shuttle and a 7.71-second three-cone drill. He additionally measured in with 31 5/8-inch arms.
Most impressively, he put up a whopping 32 reps on the bench press. Williams is a downhill thumper with some critical play power.
Here’s a clip of his 40-yard sprint on the South Carolina Professional Day by way of On3’s Jack Veltri on X.
Williams turns into the third reported participant to get invited to Steelers’ rookie minicamp, becoming a member of Pitt EDGE Nate Matlack and Notre Dame CB/RET Max Hurleman.
There’ll no less than a dozen extra invitations that get introduced within the coming days main as much as the minicamp, doubtlessly together with some veteran gamers like final yr with CB Anthony Averett and RB Jonathan Ward. They’ll all need to likelihood to compete for seemingly one to 3 spots on the Steelers’ offseason 90-man roster.
