NFL Draft: 2018 Round 1 mock after flurry of NFL trade deadline deals

2018 NFL Draft: Round 1 mock after flurry of NFL trade deadline deals

CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 28: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell annonces DeForest Buckner of Oregon as the #7 overall pick by the San Francisco 49ers during the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University on April 28, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images) /

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TUSCALOOSA, AL – OCTOBER 14: Rashaan Evans #32 of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts after sacking Cole Kelley #15 of the Arkansas Razorbacks at Bryant-Denny Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

55. . Inside Linebacker. Alabama. Rashaan Evans. 31. player

Few other teams covet elite-level inside linebackers than the Pittsburgh Steelers, and this is clearly a pressing need heading into 2018.

Alabama linebacker Rashaan Evans has come about after being overshadowed by Reuben Foster a year ago, and it wouldn’t be a shock at all to see him land at the tail end of Round 1. The sturdy 6-foot-3, 234 pounder is displaying the same kind of tenacity Foster had at Alabama a year ago, which would fit perfectly into the system head coach Mike Tomlin wants.

Pair Evans with linebacker Ryan Shazier, and the Steelers already-improved defense would get back to being scary.