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Best IOL In Draft Mocked To Steelers First Round, Pennsylvania Ties originally appeared on SportsNet Pittsburgh. Add SportsNet Pittsburgh as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Pittsburgh Steelers fans need to go buy a lottery ticket if this player that popular Big Ten analyst Joel Klatt mocked to them is still on the board when they pick 21st overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.
“21. The Steelers. Okay, there’s a guy left on the board that I’m just like, I know he’s not going to be available here,” Klatt said on “The Joel Klatt Show.” “If Olaivavega Ioane is on the board, they should run to the podium and take him!
“He played at Penn State, he’s the best interior offensive lineman in the draft.”
I, like Klatt, have trouble imagining a world in which the three-year Nittany Lions starting offensive guard is on the board this late. However, this would be the absolute best-case scenario for new head coach Mike McCarthy’s Steelers.
Olaivavega (pronounced “Vega”) Ioane allowed zero sacks in the disaster of a year that was his final season at Penn State.
He is a top-10 overall player in this draft, but due to the position he plays, it will be hard to talk an owner and front office into selecting him with a single-digit draft pick.
At 6-foot-4, 320 pounds, he is a force in the run game, while remaining nimble enough to mirror and hatch onto speed rushers on the interior of the defensive line.
Todd McShay believes the All-American is a plug-and-play day one starter with All-Pro potential.
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