{"id":166629,"date":"2026-04-15T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/166629\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:15:08","slug":"steelers-legend-hines-ward-will-be-in-pittsburgh-for-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/166629\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers legend Hines Ward will be in Pittsburgh for NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The NFL Draft in Pittsburgh is just over a week away, and one of the great Steelers of all time is coming back to the city for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hines Ward will be in attendance for the NFL Draft. The Super Bowl XL MVP is currently the wide receivers coach at Arizona State, and he will be on site to support Jordyn Tyson. Ward was asked if he had a preference on Tyson\u2019s landing spot, and he acknowledged that the Steelers would make him happy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWherever God wants him to be,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LaCertosaSports\/status\/2044127420811563188?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ward said via Justin LaCertosa<\/a>. \u201cOf course, I\u2019m a little biased toward the black and gold. But I\u2019m excited. And I told all the scouts and all the teams &#8211; whatever team ends up drafting him, you\u2019re gonna get a winner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ward also pushed back on the questions about Tyson\u2019s toughness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI chuckle sometimes because they try to write the narrative [that] he\u2019s not physical and stuff like that\u2026 I say, \u2018Listen, [Jordyn]. One thing about the NFL it\u2019s a business. Anything they can do to get you at a cheaper rate, trust me they\u2019re gonna do it.\u2018\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tyson caught 61 passes in nine games in 2025, finding the end zone eight times. With the Steelers in need of a wide receiver, perhaps he could be the pick at No. 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let us know what you think in the comments. Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL Draft in Pittsburgh is just over a week away, and one of the great Steelers of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,12641,4853],"class_list":["post-166629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-draft","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}