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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (PIT)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (PIT)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (PIT)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Xavier Truss Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (PIT)
Xavier Truss
OT Georgia
Tyler Shough Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (PIT)
Tyler Shough
QB Louisville
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Draft Picks Received
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (KC)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (KC)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Xavier Truss Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (KC)
Xavier Truss
OT Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (KC)
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Josh Simmons Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (KC)
Josh Simmons
OT Ohio State
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Steelers.

There is reaching, and then there is Xavier Truss at No. 133. The Steelers jumped the board by 162 and dared it to prove them wrong.

Shough at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. A whole weekend of picks and safety is somehow still a want.

The Truss pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at safety, edge rusher and other spots.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
Nice patience on Kenneth Grant, who had no business lasting to the 31st pick. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick66 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
They read the board right and TreVeyon Henderson was the payoff at the Round 3 slot. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick83 Rnd3 Darien Porter
A slide stopped in slot 83, with Darien Porter worth more than the price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick123 Rnd4 Hollin Pierce
Hollin Pierce is a better player than No. 123 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick133 Rnd4 Xavier Truss
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went offensive lineman with Xavier Truss while clear needs at safety, edge rusher and other spots sat open.
Pick156 Rnd5 Tyler Shough
They robbed the room for Tyler Shough here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick185 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
A quiet steal in No. 185: Dont'e Thornton Jr. for less than the market said. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick229 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
Thor Griffith in slot 229 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.