Yahya Black
Pittsburgh SteelersPos IDL
Updated October 8, 2026
Model Score
66.2
MODEL
Resting on limited playing time
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
Comps
Coming out
pros whose college production, size and testing looked like his
Of his 20 closest coming out: 0 stars, 5 starters, 7 backups, 8 didn't stick.
Yahya Black Injury StatusNot listed
Yahya Black is not on the injury report as of Oct 8. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
Draft & College
Round 5, pick 164 · Pittsburgh Steelers · 2025
Iowa (Big Ten)
Taken
#164
where he actually went
Consensus board
225th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#55
among IDL in our college data
He went earlier than consensus.
In college · 2021-2024 · 50 games
5.5 sacks, 13 TFL, 10 pressures, 112 tackles
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Coming out
3.61
RAS
25"
Vertical
101"
Broad
7.63s
3-cone
4.72s
Shuttle
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 500 players taken as a fifth or sixth-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 26% earned a second contract and 16% became starters. The median one started 2 career games.