Steelers NFL Draft bio in brief: Georgia Tech P Pressley Harvin III

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May 2—Pressley Harvin III

Seventh-round pick, No.254 overall

Punter, Georgia Tech

5-foot-11, 263 pounds

Stats: Led the nation and set Georgia Tech and ACC records with a 48.0-yard punting average in 2020

Hometown: Alcolu, S.C.

Tidbits: Ray Guy Award winner as college football's best punter in 2020. Also was a unanimous All-American, the third such in his school's history (joining Ken Swilling in 1990 and Calvin Johnson in 2006). ... According to the school, 49% of Harvin's 45 punts went for 50 or more yards, 47% were fair caught, 40% were downed inside the opponent's 20-yard line, only 17% were returned and only 7% were touchbacks. ... Threw a long 41-yard touchdown pass off a fake punt in 2019. ... First punter drafted by the Steelers since Daniel Sepulveda in 2007. The most recent specialist taken by the team was long snapper Colin Holba in 2017. ... The Steelers ranked 24th in the NFL in net punting in 2019.

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