Steelers to Host WPIAL, Pitt Safety for Pre-Draft Visit

Pitt safety and McMurray, Pa. native Donovan McMillon put together an impressive pro day that has opened up some opportunities ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft.

This week, McMillon will visit with the next-door Pittsburgh Steelers for a pre-draft visit, per Ryan Fowler of The Draft Network. The visit will take place on Thursday, a source tells Pittsburgh Sports Now.

Since he played at Pitt, McMillon is a local visit and will not count against the Steelers’ 30 pre-draft visits that each team is permitted.

McMillon will also visit with the Buffalo Bills on Friday for a local day event, which allows players from upstate New York and outside prospects who did not work out at the NFL Combine to meet with the organization.

At Pitt pro day, McMillon posted a 4.46 unofficial time, with some scouts clocking him at an even better time. Standing as one of the bigger safeties in the class at 6-foot-1 5/8, 203 pounds, McMillon wanted to showcase that he could still move at an elite pace.

“That’s the one thing that these scouts and team have been wondering how fast I’m going to be? I think I proved it,” McMillon said after his work out. “Being one of the bigger safeties in the draft this year being able to be fast as well. This league is just about speed. At the end of the day, you have to go cover guys like Tyreek Hill and guys who are literally cheetahs on the field. Me being able to go showcase my speed was really important to me and I hit my goal and hopefully that changed some thoughts about me.”

He also added 21 reps on the bench press, a 35-inch vertical jump, 10-foot-5 broad jump, 6.94-second three-cone drill and 4.13 shuttle.

Incredible Pro Day by Donovan McMillion at @PittFB Pro Day yesterday.

Athleticism was a question for many NFL evaluators before and during the draft process, but he certainly answered those at Pro Day!

Should end up as one of the upper echelon safety athletes in the class.… pic.twitter.com/VPbsrjSPbR

— Eric Galko (@EricGalko) March 27, 2025

Instant feedback to Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi sounded like McMillon did indeed impress scouts at the UPMC Rooney Complex and opened some eyes.

“Some guys made some money today – Donovan McMillon, Brandon George,” Narduzzi said. “The guys at the combine we all know about. The guys that came out here that didn’t have that opportunity in Indianapolis came out here and did a nice job. Just had the Bills come over and say, ‘We’ve never missed on a guy from Pitt. We love McMillon.”

Since playing his final snaps at Pitt, McMillon has showcased his talents at the Hula Bowl and East-West Shrine Bowl where he met with roughly 23 NFL teams. He has also held a facetime meeting with the Las Vegas Raiders, lunch with the San Francisco 49ers and says he has two upcoming meetings with the New Orleans Saints and the Steelers.

The Peters Township High School product is coming off a senior season in which he earned second-team All-ACC honors, leading the Panthers with 115 tackles (55 solo), a tackle for loss, an interception, eight pass breakups and a forced fumble. His back-to-back 100 tackle seasons at Pitt were the first since linebacker Scott McKillop in 2007-08.