Lamont Wade Signs with Pittsburgh Steelers as Undrafted Free Agent

Story posted May 1, 2021 in CommRadio, Sports by Zech Lambert

Six Penn Staters found homes in the 2021 NFL draft, but a seventh will be joining them as an undrafted free agent.

Lamont Wade now signs with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He’s the second Penn State product to join the Black and Gold via the 2021 draft process with tight end Pat Freiermuth hearing his name called at No. 55 overall.

The Clairton, Pennsylvania, native appeared in 47 games throughout his career, making 22 starts.

Wade finished his career in the blue and white with 153 tackles and 6 1/2 tackles for loss while also recording three sacks.

On top of that, Wade intercepted one pass in his career and defended 11 more. He also forced four fumbles and recovered three.

As a senior, Wade even found himself in the return game where he returned five kicks for 192 yards, running one of those five back for a 100-yard touchdown.

Wade joins Micah Parsons, Jayson Oweh, Pat Freiermuth, Shaka Toney, Michal Menet and Will Fries as Nittany Lions to join NFL teams this weekend.

 

Zech Lambert is a junior majoring in broadcast journalism. To contact him, email zbl5146@psu.edu.

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Zech is a senior from Northampton, Pennsylvania. He is a football insider for CommRadio. He is also a co-host on the weekly talk show Ducks on the Pond, while also doing play-by-play for CommRadio and B1G+. On top of that, Zech is a sports editor at the Daily Collegian. Over the summer, he interned with the Charlottesville Tom Sox of the Valley Baseball League doing play-by-play, among other media roles. To contact him, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). You can also tweet him @Zech_Lambert with any random thoughts or just to have some sports banter.