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Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (PIT)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (PIT)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
John Williams Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (PIT)
John Williams
OT Cincinnati
Xavier Truss Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (PIT)
Xavier Truss
OT Georgia
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Will Sheppard Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
Will Sheppard
WR Colorado
Draft Picks Received
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Draft Picks Traded
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (BUF)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB TradesB FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Steelers: B-.

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Steelers started one anyway for Xavier Truss, 139 picks ahead of schedule. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. The Johnson steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

On the needs board they went 4 of 9, with interior defensive lineman the one that mattered most. The dealing nudged the ledger their way without much fuss.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In pick 30 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick56 Rnd2 Kaleb Johnson
Kaleb Johnson at the Round 2 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick83 Rnd3 Darien Porter
Darien Porter slipping to Round 3, Pick 19 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick123 Rnd4 John Williams
A swing that ignored the value entirely, John Williams well ahead of where he belonged. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick156 Rnd5 Xavier Truss
A big swing on Xavier Truss at No. 156, well ahead of any board in the building. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick185 Rnd6 CJ West
Value said wait; CJ West in the 185th pick says they were not listening. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick229 Rnd7 Will Sheppard
They left a pile of value on the table to take Will Sheppard this early at pick No. 229. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.