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Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (PIT)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (PIT)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (PIT)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Xavier Truss Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (PIT)
Xavier Truss
OT Georgia
Jarquez Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (PIT)
Jarquez Hunter
RB Auburn
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Steelers won the night they stopped Winston Jr. from sliding. Grade: B-.

The board owed the Steelers one, and it paid up: Kevin Winston Jr., the No. 98 name on the board, sitting there at pick 163 like a gift left on the doorstep. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

Reaching for Truss left real value on the table behind him. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
In No. 21 they get a moveable chess piece at tight end. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick52 Rnd2 Alfred Collins
Alfred Collins at the Round 2 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick83 Rnd3 Maxwell Hairston
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Maxwell Hairston at Round 3, Pick 19. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick122 Rnd4 Donovan Jackson
A offensive lineman of that caliber at pick 122 is the definition of value, full stop. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick163 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
Steal is underselling it; Kevin Winston Jr. at slot 163 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick225 Rnd7 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the 225th pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The roster fit checks out.
Pick231 Rnd7 Xavier Truss
Value said wait; Xavier Truss in the 231st overall pick says they were not listening. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick247 Rnd7 Jarquez Hunter
Jarquez Hunter in pick No. 247 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It patches a soft spot without any drama.