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Lamtc4'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 10, 2026

Steelers trade back/Cooper

  • Lamtc4 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Steelers
Draft Selections
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (PIT)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Omar Cooper Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (PIT)
Omar Cooper Jr.
WR Indiana
A.J. Haulcy Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (PIT)
A.J. Haulcy
S LSU
Eli Stowers Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (PIT)
Eli Stowers
TE Vanderbilt
Jake Golday Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (PIT)
Jake Golday
OLB Cincinnati
Keylan Rutledge Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (PIT)
Keylan Rutledge
OG Georgia Tech
Chris McClellan Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (PIT)
Chris McClellan
DT Missouri
Isaiah World Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (PIT)
Isaiah World
OT Oregon
Jeff Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (PIT)
Jeff Caldwell
WR Cincinnati
Zxavian Harris Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (PIT)
Zxavian Harris
DT Ole Miss
Cole Payton Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (PIT)
Cole Payton
QB North Dakota State
Draft Picks Received
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (NE)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
A.J. Haulcy Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (NE)
A.J. Haulcy
S LSU
Keylan Rutledge Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (LAC)
Keylan Rutledge
OG Georgia Tech
Draft Picks Traded
Carnell Tate Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (CAR)
Carnell Tate
WR Ohio State
Zakee Wheatley Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (LAC)
Zakee Wheatley
S Penn State
Jude Bowry Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (LAC)
Jude Bowry
OT Boston College
Isaiah Jatta Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (CAR)
Isaiah Jatta
OT BYU
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB FutureB-
Larceny in the 85th pick lands the Steelers a B, Golday and all.

The board owed the Steelers one, and it paid up: Jake Golday, the No. 58 name on the board, sitting there at the 85th overall pick like a gift left on the doorstep.

It is not that World is a bad player; it is that the Steelers had louder needs to answer first. For all the activity, cornerback went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Every board in the league had Rutledge lower, and that gap is the story.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but cornerback.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Sonny Styles
In slot 31 they get a sideline-to-sideline linebacker at a price that makes it sweeter. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick53 Rnd2 Omar Cooper Jr.
Omar Cooper Jr. at the Round 2 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick63 Rnd2 A.J. Haulcy
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and A.J. Haulcy at the 63rd pick is the proof. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick76 Rnd3 Eli Stowers
They will replay Eli Stowers at Round 3, Pick 12 for years; that is how good the value is. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick85 Rnd3 Jake Golday
You do not let an edge rusher like Jake Golday reach pick No. 85 and blink. They did not. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick86 Rnd3 Keylan Rutledge
Keylan Rutledge at pick 86 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick121 Rnd4 Chris McClellan
They went early on Chris McClellan in No. 121, and the value did not follow. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick135 Rnd4 Isaiah World
A surprising call. With cornerback and running back still to address, they spent the 135th overall pick on Isaiah World, an offensive lineman they were not short of.
Pick214 Rnd6 Jeff Caldwell
Jeff Caldwell in the Round 6 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick216 Rnd6 Zxavian Harris
No drama and no debate, Zxavian Harris went about where he belonged in the 216th overall pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick224 Rnd7 Cole Payton
Cole Payton in slot 224 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.