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Draft Selections
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Jonah Savaiinaea Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Jonah Savaiinaea
OT Arizona
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (PIT)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Kyle McCord Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (PIT)
Kyle McCord
QB Syracuse
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (PIT)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Dorian Strong Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (PIT)
Dorian Strong
CB Virginia Tech
Donovan Smith Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (PIT)
Donovan Smith
QB Houston
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Steelers won the night they stopped Strong from sliding. Grade: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Dorian Strong had no business being available in No. 231, and the Steelers did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety. They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
In slot 21 they get a press-man option on the boundary, outstanding value to boot.
Pick52 Rnd2 Jonah Savaiinaea
Nothing to complain about; Jonah Savaiinaea went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick83 Rnd3 Tre Harris
Tre Harris in the 83rd pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick122 Rnd4 Jordan Phillips
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jordan Phillips in No. 122. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick163 Rnd5 Kyle McCord
The board fumbled Kyle McCord all the way to pick No. 163, and they scooped it up. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick225 Rnd7 Ollie Gordon II
Somehow Ollie Gordon II was still sitting there in Round 7, Pick 7, and they pounced on premier running back value. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick231 Rnd7 Dorian Strong
Dorian Strong at the 231st overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The roster fit checks out.
Pick247 Rnd7 Donovan Smith
Donovan Smith in pick 247 is fair value, right on his grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.