Florida WR Trevon Grimes Takes Inspiration From Chase Claypool, Met With Steelers

The Steelers are nonetheless doing work on broad receivers even with JuJu Smith-Schuster’s return. Having drafted a receiver in each draft since 2012, the Steelers are nonetheless extraordinarily prone to choose one other one. That man might doubtlessly be Florida WR Trevon Grimes, who examined effectively on Wednesday.

Trevon Grimes/WR/Florida marks from professional day:

6040/220lbs
40 instances 4.35s-4.42s

— Tony Pauline (@TonyPauline) March 31, 2021

Probably projected as a giant slot and Z-receiver, Grimes is a big-bodied receiver who can go up and get it on the catch level. Whereas his separation abilities should not extremely elite, Grimes has some capacity to be a harmful down discipline menace {that a} workforce can steal on day three. As for the communications with the Steelers, Grimes feels that these have gone effectively.

“I’ve talked to the Steelers a number of instances,” Grimes stated. “You already know it was simply primary stuff over zoom, however I believed it went extraordinarily effectively. It was an excellent dialog.”

Grimes talked about that he watches a whole lot of the big-bodied receivers. Calvin Johnson, D.Ok. Metcalf, and standout Steelers rookie Chase Claypool. Grimes famous that he’s been watching Claypool, and he hopes he can be part of the archetype within the NFL. As for what he watches for from Claypool, Grimes says it’s a mixture of the whole lot.

“I really like watching the way in which he mixes up his routes,” Grimes stated. “Simply watching how he makes use of his physique, how he excessive factors the ball, and makes use of his physique to win on the line of scrimmage is one thing I watch him so much for.”

After his pro-day numbers, Grimes definitely has just a little little bit of Claypool-esque really feel to him. At 6-foot-4, Grimes ran between a 4.35-4.42 40-yard sprint. That comes a 12 months after Claypool ran a 4.42 40-yard sprint in Indianapolis final 12 months. His upside is thus very palpable. He has the dimensions to be a menace within the working recreation, but additionally threaten defenses vertically.