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Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (PIT)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (PIT)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (PIT)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Dorian Strong Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (PIT)
Dorian Strong
CB Virginia Tech
Brady Cook Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (PIT)
Brady Cook
QB Missouri
Ricky White III Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (PIT)
Ricky White III
WR UNLV
Jalen Travis Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (PIT)
Jalen Travis
OT Iowa State
Draft Picks Received
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (BAL)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Dorian Strong Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (BAL)
Dorian Strong
CB Virginia Tech
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (BAL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (BAL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Josh Simmons Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (BAL)
Josh Simmons
OT Ohio State
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesC+ FutureB
More right than wrong for the Steelers, and a B to prove it.

There is reaching, and then there is CJ West at the 163rd overall pick. The Steelers jumped the board by 49 and dared it to prove them wrong. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

White III falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

Quarterback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In pick No. 27 they get a No. 1 receiver, and a steal at that.
Pick52 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
Malaki Starks at No. 52 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick83 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
They read the board right and Jayden Higgins was the payoff at Round 3, Pick 19. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick122 Rnd4 Cam Skattebo
Circle this one: Cam Skattebo at slot 122 is a fall that decides a draft. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick163 Rnd5 CJ West
CJ West at the 163rd pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick176 Rnd5 Dorian Strong
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Dorian Strong at the Round 5 slot is the proof. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick225 Rnd7 Brady Cook
Brady Cook at pick 225 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick231 Rnd7 Ricky White III
Taking Ricky White III in pick No. 231 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick247 Rnd7 Jalen Travis
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jalen Travis well ahead of where he belonged. A minor need, but a need all the same.