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Draft Selections
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (PIT)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (PIT)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (PIT)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (PIT)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
Xavier Truss Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
Xavier Truss
OT Georgia
John Williams Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
John Williams
OT Cincinnati
Draft Picks Received
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (SEA)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (DEN)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (SEA)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (TB)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (CIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Mykel Williams Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (CIN)
Mykel Williams
DE-EDGE Georgia
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (SEA)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Mitchell Evans Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (DEN)
Mitchell Evans
TE Notre Dame
Jake Briningstool Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (TB)
Jake Briningstool
TE Clemson
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (ARI)
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Players traded away
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Beanie Bishop Jr.
CB
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Cameron McCutcheon
CB
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Connor Heyward
TE
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Damontae Kazee
S
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Dean Lowry
DE
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DeMarvin Leal
DE
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Devin Harper
LB
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Dylan Cook
OT
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Eku Leota
LB
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Evan Hull
RB
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Jonathan Ward
RB
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Joshuah Bledsoe
S
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Kyler McMichael
CB
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Logan Lee
DL
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Montravius Adams
DT
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MyCole Pruitt
TE
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Roman Wilson
WR
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Tyler Matakevich
LB
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall D
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The Steelers lost the trade table, and the D tells the story.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Xavier Truss at No. 185 is 111 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. Getting Emmanwori where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.

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
Pick49 Rnd2 Nick Emmanwori
Nick Emmanwori in the 49th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick50 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
Emeka Egbuka at the 50th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick51 Rnd2 Kaleb Johnson
Kaleb Johnson at Round 2, Pick 19 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick52 Rnd2 Alfred Collins
No edge and no loss on Alfred Collins in the Round 2 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick53 Rnd2 Azareye'h Thomas
By-the-book stuff, Azareye'h Thomas at pick No. 53 squarely in line with his ranking. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick185 Rnd6 Xavier Truss
Xavier Truss at pick 185 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick229 Rnd7 John Williams
John Williams at the Round 7 slot is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.