Jdj029'S MOCK DRAFT
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Jdj029'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 18, 2026

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  • Jdj029 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Steelers
Draft Selections
Monroe Freeling Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Monroe Freeling
OT Georgia
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (PIT)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Gennings Dunker Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (PIT)
Gennings Dunker
OT Iowa
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (PIT)
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
S Toledo
Omar Cooper Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (PIT)
Omar Cooper Jr.
WR Indiana
Josiah Trotter Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (PIT)
Josiah Trotter
LB Missouri
Treydan Stukes Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (PIT)
Treydan Stukes
CB Arizona
Ephesians Prysock Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (PIT)
Ephesians Prysock
CB Washington
VJ Payne Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (PIT)
VJ Payne
S Kansas State
Sawyer Robertson Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (PIT)
Sawyer Robertson
QB Baylor
Jaydn Ott Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (PIT)
Jaydn Ott
RB Oklahoma
Miles Kitselman Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (PIT)
Miles Kitselman
TE Tennessee
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Steelers robbed the room for Trotter. Final grade: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let Josiah Trotter slide, and the Steelers were the ones holding the card at the Round 4 slot. Highway robbery. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

The Prysock reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. With interior defensive lineman and edge rusher unsolved, spending premium capital on offensive lineman is the choice that costs them. For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Monroe Freeling
Monroe Freeling in pick 21 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick53 Rnd2 Sonny Styles
Sonny Styles at pick No. 53 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick76 Rnd3 Gennings Dunker
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went offensive lineman with Gennings Dunker while clear needs at interior defensive lineman and edge rusher sat open.
Pick85 Rnd3 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
Steal is underselling it; Emmanuel McNeil-Warren at No. 85 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick99 Rnd3 Omar Cooper Jr.
The board fumbled Omar Cooper Jr. all the way to the Round 3 slot, and they scooped it up. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick121 Rnd4 Josiah Trotter
They robbed the room for Josiah Trotter here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick135 Rnd4 Treydan Stukes
Treydan Stukes in Round 4, Pick 35 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick161 Rnd5 Ephesians Prysock
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Ephesians Prysock well ahead of where he belonged. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick216 Rnd6 VJ Payne
A safety of that caliber at Round 6, Pick 35 is the definition of value, full stop. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick224 Rnd7 Sawyer Robertson
Taking Sawyer Robertson in the 224th pick is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick230 Rnd7 Jaydn Ott
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Jaydn Ott in pick 230, plain and simple. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick237 Rnd7 Miles Kitselman
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Miles Kitselman at pick No. 237 is the proof. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.