Lev'S MOCK DRAFT
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Lev'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 7, 2026

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  • Lev DRAFTING FOR THE
    Steelers
Draft Selections
Jermod McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Jermod McCoy
CB Tennessee
Kenyon Sadiq Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (PIT)
Kenyon Sadiq
TE Oregon
Omar Cooper Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (PIT)
Omar Cooper Jr.
WR Indiana
Jake Golday Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (PIT)
Jake Golday
OLB Cincinnati
Darrell Jackson Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (PIT)
Darrell Jackson Jr.
DT Florida State
Ar'maj Reed-Adams Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (PIT)
Ar'maj Reed-Adams
OG Texas A&M
Demond Claiborne Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (PIT)
Demond Claiborne
RB Wake Forest
Taylen Green Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (PIT)
Taylen Green
QB Arkansas
Keyshaun Elliott Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (PIT)
Keyshaun Elliott
LB Arizona State
Jeff Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (PIT)
Jeff Caldwell
WR Cincinnati
Fa'alili Fa'amoe Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (PIT)
Fa'alili Fa'amoe
OT Wake Forest
Draft Picks Received
Kenyon Sadiq Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (NYG)
Kenyon Sadiq
TE Oregon
Draft Picks Traded
Ja'Kobi Lane Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (NYG)
Ja'Kobi Lane
WR USC
Bishop Fitzgerald Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (NYG)
Bishop Fitzgerald
S USC
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB FutureC+
Grand theft in the 85th overall pick: the Steelers steal Golday and grade out a B.

You could see the war room lean forward. Jake Golday at pick 85 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety. Reaching for Fa'amoe left real value on the table behind him.

They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Their trades came out a wash either way.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the safety spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Jermod McCoy
In pick No. 21 they get a press-man option on the boundary. A real need, handled.
Pick37 Rnd2 Kenyon Sadiq
Kenyon Sadiq at slot 37 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick76 Rnd3 Omar Cooper Jr.
Somehow Omar Cooper Jr. was still sitting there in Round 3, Pick 12, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick85 Rnd3 Jake Golday
Jake Golday in pick 85 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick99 Rnd3 Darrell Jackson Jr.
Darrell Jackson Jr. at the 99th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick135 Rnd4 Ar'maj Reed-Adams
They took Ar'maj Reed-Adams at par in the Round 4 slot, which is nothing to complain about. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick159 Rnd5 Demond Claiborne
Demond Claiborne in the 159th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick213 Rnd6 Taylen Green
You do not let a quarterback like Taylen Green reach No. 213 and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick214 Rnd6 Keyshaun Elliott
Keyshaun Elliott at pick No. 214 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick224 Rnd7 Jeff Caldwell
Jeff Caldwell in the Round 7 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick237 Rnd7 Fa'alili Fa'amoe
They went early on Fa'alili Fa'amoe in Round 7, Pick 21, and the value did not follow. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.