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RUN ON MAR 22, 2026

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Draft Selections
Parker Brailsford Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Parker Brailsford
C Alabama
Germie Bernard Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (PIT)
Germie Bernard
WR Alabama
Taylen Green Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (PIT)
Taylen Green
QB Arkansas
Jude Bowry Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (PIT)
Jude Bowry
OT Boston College
Daylen Everette Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (PIT)
Daylen Everette
CB Georgia
Kyle Louis Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (PIT)
Kyle Louis
LB Pittsburgh
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (PIT)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Luke Altmyer Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (PIT)
Luke Altmyer
QB Illinois
Jonathan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (PIT)
Jonathan Jefferson
DT SMU
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (PIT)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Draft Picks Received
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (GB)
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Draft Picks Traded
Logan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (GB)
Logan Jones
C Iowa
Micah Morris Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (ATL)
Micah Morris
OG Georgia
Players Gained
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Feleipe Franks
TE
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall C
ValueF NeedB TradesB- FutureB
Ponds should have been long gone. The Steelers pounced, and earned a C.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: D'Angelo Ponds, Round 7, Pick 21, roughly 190 picks past where he belonged. For now it grades a C, with the swing picks left to settle the rest.

The cost of the Jefferson reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The Bowry pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with safety, edge rusher and other spots still on the board.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety. On the needs board they went 6 of 9, with quarterback the one that mattered most.

If Parker Brailsford and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Parker Brailsford
In No. 21 they get a plug-and-play piece up front, though the board says they badly overpaid. More want than need.
Pick53 Rnd2 Germie Bernard
Germie Bernard in slot 53 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick76 Rnd3 Taylen Green
Taylen Green in Round 3, Pick 12 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick99 Rnd3 Jude Bowry
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Jude Bowry adds an offensive lineman and leaves safety, edge rusher and other spots untouched.
Pick121 Rnd4 Daylen Everette
Daylen Everette in the 121st overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The roster fit checks out.
Pick135 Rnd4 Kyle Louis
They will replay Kyle Louis at the 135th pick for years; that is how good the value is. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick161 Rnd5 Nicholas Singleton
Circle this one: Nicholas Singleton at pick No. 161 is a fall that decides a draft. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick224 Rnd7 Luke Altmyer
Luke Altmyer at pick 224 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick230 Rnd7 Jonathan Jefferson
A wild overpay on Jonathan Jefferson in pick No. 230, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick237 Rnd7 D'Angelo Ponds
You do not let a cornerback like D'Angelo Ponds reach the Round 7 slot and blink. They did not. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.