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Draft Selections
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (PIT)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Donovan Smith Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (PIT)
Donovan Smith
QB Houston
Draft Picks Received
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (DEN)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Donovan Smith Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (IND)
Donovan Smith
QB Houston
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CAR)
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Draft Picks Traded
Danny Stutsman Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (BUF)
Danny Stutsman
LB Oklahoma
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (DEN)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Barryn Sorrell Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (CAR)
Barryn Sorrell
LB-EDGE Texas
Maxen Hook Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (CAR)
Maxen Hook
S Toledo
Players Gained
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Trent Brown
OT
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Laquon Treadwell
WR
Players traded away
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George Pickens
WR
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Minkah Fitzpatrick
S
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T.J. Watt
LB
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall D+
ValueB- NeedB TradesF FutureA+
The Steelers bled value on every deal, hence the D+.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Donovan Smith at No. 232 is 42 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. A weekend that fought the value and lost, hence the D+.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. A whole weekend of picks and safety is somehow still a want.

Grant falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

In the end, a class the front office will want to grow past quickly.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Omarion Hampton
In pick 21 they get a featured back, though they paid up to get him.
Pick51 Rnd2 Kenneth Grant
Kenneth Grant in pick No. 51 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick56 Rnd2 TreVeyon Henderson
TreVeyon Henderson at the Round 2 slot is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the running back. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick185 Rnd6 JJ Pegues
A straight-up fair deal on JJ Pegues at the 185th pick, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick232 Rnd7 Donovan Smith
Donovan Smith at slot 232 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.