The Pittsburgh Steelers select Massachusetts tight end Rob Blanchflower with their last pick of the 2014 draft. Blanchflower is 6’4, 256 lbs. The red shirt senior missed much of last year due to a bilateral sports hernia. The injury also kept him from participating in combine drills. Had he not been injured, he very likely could have been taken in the 5th or 6th round.

Blanchflower was one of my favorite tight end options for the Steelers. For a 7th round pick, he has a really strong chance to make a NFL roster. Blanchflower fits the mold of a traditional Steelers tight end to a tee. In college, he usually had a hand in the dirt at the line of scrimmage, and was a tenacious blocker who stayed with his assignment to the whistle.