Nate Orchard excited about meeting with Joey Porte

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The brought Utah pa s rusher to the club's facility for a visit last week, and by Orchard's account, the club -- and in particular, linebackers coach Joey Porter -- appears to have his name circled. "It was a huge honor just to sit there and watch film with Coach Porter, and he was very interested in me," Orchard wrote in a pre- Connor Stroh Jersey draft . "He loved me as a player and the things I was doing on the field and especially off the field." The ' defense is without a dynamic edge pa s rusher, an a set that has marked the club's best defenses in recent memory. Third-year pro has shown no sign of living up to first-round expectations, has retired, and 36-year-old hasn't posted double-digit sacks since 2010. With 98 career sacks of his own, and just four years removed from the end of his playing career as an outside linebacker, Porter knows exactly what he's looking for in a pa s rusher. Orchard's 1.42 sacks per game led the NCAA last year, and his play at the earned him praise despite questions about whether he is big enough to beat offensive tackles at just 250 pounds. "I love Nate Orchard and what he did this week," NFL Media Analyst Daniel Jeremiah . "The question of his size wasn't an i sue at all. You saw his ability to get off blocks and get off the ball." Orchard wrote that he also met with coach Mike Tomlin and general manager Kevin Colbert while in Pittsburgh. If Orchard emerges as one of the top pa s rushers to come out of the 2015 draft, it will come at a bargain price compared to where others such as , and will be chosen. The have the No. 22 overall pick in the first round. NFL Media analyst Lance Zierlein projects Kentucky pa s rusher to be Pittsburgh's choice. The club also has big draft needs in the secondary, however, and if it commits the No. 22 pick to a defensive back, Orchard could easily be in play for a later pick. *Follow Chase Goodbread on Twitter * . Isaiah Bond Jersey

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