{"id":880059,"date":"2026-05-02T01:54:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T01:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/880059\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T01:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T01:54:19","slug":"pitts-kyle-louis-selected-by-miami-dolphins-in-round-4-of-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/880059\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitt&#8217;s Kyle Louis selected by Miami Dolphins in Round 4 of NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Ripple, The Daily American<\/p>\n<p>Updated Sat, April 25, 2026 at 9:25 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>PITTSBURGH \u2014 University of Pittsburgh linebacker Kyle Louis is the first Panther off the board in the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesonline.com\/story\/sports\/pro\/2026\/04\/25\/2026-nfl-draft-live-updates-picks-pittsburgh--live\/89656610007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NFL Draft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">NFL Draft <\/a>after being selected No. 138 overall in the fourth round by the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/miami-dolphins\/345\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Miami Dolphins;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Miami Dolphins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Louis compiled 81 tackles, 8\u00bd tackles for loss, three sacks, two fumble recoveries, one forced fumble and two interceptions in 2025, where he started 11 games as a junior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Specialist headed to Pittsburgh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/pittsburgh-steelers-add-iowa-wide-172348861.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pittsburgh Steelers add Iowa wide receiver with fourth-round selection;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Pittsburgh Steelers add Iowa wide receiver with fourth-round selection<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The year prior, Louis was an All-American by The Sporting News. He was the first Pitt sophomore defensive player to earn that accolade since Hugh Green in 1978. He was also an Associated Press All-American, earning second-team honors. Louis made all 13 starts, racking up 101 total tackles, including 15\u00bd tackles for loss, seven sacks, and four interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Louis is from East Orange, New Jersey. He is 6-foot tall and weighs 220 pounds. Louis turned in a 4.53 40-yard dash.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Ripple is the Daily American sports editor. He can be reached at 814-444-5926. Follow him on X @ARipple_DAsport. Follow Daily American Sports on Facebook and @dailyamericanmedia on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Beaver County Times: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesonline.com\/story\/sports\/pro\/2026\/04\/25\/pitt-linebacker-kyle-lewis-selected-in-fourth-round-by-miami-dolphins\/89795458007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pitt linebacker Kyle Louis selected in fourth round by Miami Dolphins;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Pitt linebacker Kyle Louis selected in fourth round by Miami Dolphins<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adam Ripple, The Daily American Updated Sat, April 25, 2026 at 9:25 PM UTC PITTSBURGH \u2014 University of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[217,7,55191,19652,216,251,2087,6,15,57,26853],"class_list":["post-880059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-dolphins","tag-dolphins","tag-football","tag-hugh-green","tag-kyle-louis","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miamidolphins","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-university-of-pittsburgh"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116502492890944853","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880059","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=880059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}