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Draft Selections
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (PIT)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (PIT)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (PIT)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (PIT)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (PIT)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (PIT)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Myles Cole Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (PIT)
Myles Cole
DE-EDGE Texas Tech
Draft Picks Received
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (BAL)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (DAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (BAL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (DAL)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesC+ FutureB
Larceny in the Round 4 slot lands the Steelers a B-, Hart and all.

You build a draft on nights like this. Cam Hart had no business being available in Round 4, Pick 30, and the Steelers did the only sane thing and turned in the card. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. It is not that Suamataia is a bad player; it is that the Steelers had louder needs to answer first. The Rice pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

Job largely done: safety settled and 4 of 9 of the wish list covered.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
A conviction pick on Jackson Powers-Johnson at the Round 1 slot that the board grades a round light. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick56 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the 56th overall pick on Kingsley Suamataia with quarterback, interior defensive lineman and other spots unsolved.
Pick84 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
They paid a round early for Brenden Rice in No. 84, more than the board wanted. The roster fit checks out.
Pick98 Rnd3 Calen Bullock
Calen Bullock slipping to the 98th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick119 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
Circle this one: Khyree Jackson at slot 119 is a fall that decides a draft. It fills a real need, too.
Pick130 Rnd4 Cam Hart
Cam Hart at pick No. 130 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick178 Rnd6 Luke McCaffrey
The board fumbled Luke McCaffrey all the way to pick 178, and they scooped it up. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick195 Rnd6 Myles Cole
No drama and no debate, Myles Cole went about where he belonged in Round 6, Pick 20. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.