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Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (PIT)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (PIT)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (PIT)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (PIT)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (PIT)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Steelers robbed the room for Mondon Jr.. Final grade: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let Smael Mondon Jr. slide, and the Steelers were the ones holding the card at Round 7, Pick 9. Highway robbery. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

They will need Griffith to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. The Trapilo pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at quarterback, edge rusher and other spots.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
In slot 21 they get a moveable chess piece at tight end. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick52 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
Tyler Booker slipping to the 52nd pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick83 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
A surprising call. With quarterback, edge rusher and other spots still to address, they spent the 83rd overall pick on Ozzy Trapilo, an offensive lineman they were not short of.
Pick122 Rnd4 Quinshon Judkins
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Quinshon Judkins in the Round 4 slot, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
Pick163 Rnd5 Lathan Ransom
Steal is underselling it; Lathan Ransom at Round 5, Pick 26 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick225 Rnd7 Smael Mondon Jr.
You do not let a linebacker like Smael Mondon Jr. reach pick No. 225 and blink. They did not. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick231 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
Thor Griffith in No. 231 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick247 Rnd7 Bhayshul Tuten
The board fumbled Bhayshul Tuten all the way to pick 247, and they scooped it up. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.