Speaking to Devin Jackson of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Howard’s mother, Maureen, says he wanted to go to work right away when he was drafted on Saturday. The Steelers coaches gave him the weekend off, but Howard was already at work that Monday.

Will Howard, the quarterback out of Ohio State, was the pick for the Steelers. He is fresh off of leading the Buckeyes to a national championship win last year, and his draft stock took a huge rise from where it had been at the start of the 2024 college football season.

Will Howard, once considered a fringe Day 2 to early Day 3 QB prospect, found himself unselected until the sixth round of the 2025 NFL Draft — an unforeseen circumstance the Steelers would ultimately alleviate.