{"id":817645,"date":"2026-03-17T19:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/817645\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T19:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:03:22","slug":"steelers-hosting-speedy-defensive-back-for-top-30-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/817645\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers hosting speedy defensive back for top-30 visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Pittsburgh Steelers are hosting San Diego State defensive back Chris Johnson for a top-30 visit on Tuesday, per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FarabaughFB\/status\/2033940554887692586?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nick Farabaugh of PennLive.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Johnson ran a 4.43 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine, and currently projects as an early- to mid-second round pick in April\u2019s draft. He could very well be the first player from a Group of Five school to be selected this April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 6\u20190, 193-pound defensive back is known for his sticky coverage abilities and ability to break on the ball, as he showed with four interceptions in 2025 despite only having two through his first three years in college.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Steelers made it a point this offseason to go out and get a running mate for Joey Porter Jr. on the outside, and they did by signing Jamel Dean from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They also made the move of signing former Bears safety Jaquan Brisker, perhaps to play alongside DeShon Elliott This would, of course, move Jalen Ramsey back down to play corner, where he can still provide valuable reps on the outside or slot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If the Steelers decide to use an early pick on Johnson, it will be interesting to see where he finds a role early in the season. Pittsburgh is Johnson\u2019s third known top-30 visit, after having one with the Chiefs and Seahawks last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Follow along with BTSC\u2019s Steelers pre-draft visit tracker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behindthesteelcurtain.com\/pittsburgh-steelers-draft\/168039\/steelers-2026-nfl-draft-pre-draft-visit-tracker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Would you like to see Chris Johnson on the Steelers? Join the BTSC community and let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers are hosting San Diego State defensive back Chris Johnson for a top-30 visit on Tuesday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,6,520,57,2376,2374,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-817645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-pittsburgh","11":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-draft","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","14":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","15":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116246073377179323","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}