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With UCLA running back Jonathan Franklin and Nevada safety Duke Williams having recently visited the Steelers, Tribune-Review reporter Alan Robinson added TCU receiver Josh Boyce to that list, bringing it to 13 (unofficial count).
Franklin, UCLA's all-time single-season (1,734) and career (4,403) rushing leader, isn't a name mentioned often but shows a high level of production in his college days.
The run on linebackers may or may not be slowing down but the presence of visits by guys like Florida State's Vince Williams and Penn State's Michael Mauti brings wonder behind the long-term prognosis of LB Sean Spence.
Robinson wrote Spence's season is "in doubt." Perhaps that's a loosely interpreted phrase, and on a team that is always looking to bolster depth at linebacker, it may not mean much.
Linebackers
John Simon, Ohio State
Vince Williams, Florida State
Jarvis Jones, Georgia
Jamie Collins, Southern Mississippi
Khaseem Greene, Rutgers
Michael Mauti, Penn State
Malliciah Goodman, Clemson
Safeties
Duke Williams, Nevada
Jonathan Meeks, Clemson
Phillip Thomas, Fresno State
Wide receivers
Josh Boyce, TCU
Running backs
Christine Michael, Texas A&M
Jonathan Franklin, UCLA