The Pittsburgh Steelers are hosting former Baylor nose tackle Siaki Ika on Wednesday for a pre-draft visit. This is according to ESPN Steelers reporter Brooke Pryor. Ika is one of the Steelers 30 pre-draft visits allowed ahead of the 2023 NFL draft.
Ika is a player we have been lobbying for since the end of the NFL season as a perfect nose tackle prospect for Pittsburgh. At 6-foot-3 and 335 pounds, Ika is an anchor in the middle of the defensive line and nearly impossible to block one-on-one. He’s not going to wow teams with his pass-rushing or burst but this isn’t why you draft a player like him. In the NFL he’s a two-down tackle who swallows up blockers and ball carriers.
