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Draft Selections
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (PIT)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (PIT)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (PIT)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (PIT)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (PIT)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
Xavier Truss Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
Xavier Truss
OT Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NYG)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (TEN)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (DEN)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (PHI)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (NYG)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CAR)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (DEN)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PHI)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Nohl Williams Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (BUF)
Nohl Williams
CB California
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (TEN)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Elijah Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (TEN)
Elijah Roberts
DE-EDGE SMU
Players traded away
Head Shot
George Pickens
WR
Head Shot
Minkah Fitzpatrick
S
Head Shot
T.J. Watt
LB
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall D+
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesF FutureA
The Steelers lost the trade table, and the D+ tells the story.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Steelers did exactly that with Xavier Truss in Round 7, Pick 13.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

The Golden pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and quarterback is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick34 Rnd2 Derrick Harmon
They did well to land Derrick Harmon in pick 34, just ahead of his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick35 Rnd2 Nick Emmanwori
Nick Emmanwori at pick No. 35 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick51 Rnd2 Matthew Golden
A wide receiver of that caliber at the Round 2 slot is the definition of value, full stop. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick62 Rnd2 Jack Sawyer
Fair-plus on Jack Sawyer, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick64 Rnd2 Kaleb Johnson
Kaleb Johnson at the 64th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick154 Rnd5 JJ Pegues
JJ Pegues at Round 5, Pick 16 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick185 Rnd6 Jack Nelson
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 185 with a little surplus value in Jack Nelson. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick229 Rnd7 Xavier Truss
Xavier Truss at pick 229 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.