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  • kd02 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Steelers
Draft Selections
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (PIT)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (PIT)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (PIT)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (PIT)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Tyler Baron Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (PIT)
Tyler Baron
DE-EDGE Miami
Willie Lampkin Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (PIT)
Willie Lampkin
OG North Carolina
Nick Nash Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (PIT)
Nick Nash
WR San Jose State
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (PIT)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Tonka Hemingway Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (PIT)
Tonka Hemingway
DT South Carolina
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (PIT)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Trevor Etienne Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (PIT)
Trevor Etienne
RB Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Tyler Baron Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Tyler Baron
DE-EDGE Miami
Willie Lampkin Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (MIN)
Willie Lampkin
OG North Carolina
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (HOU)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (HOU)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (BUF)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jordan Addison
WR
Players traded away
Head Shot
George Pickens
WR
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB+ NeedB TradesD FutureB-
Reed should have been long gone. The Steelers pounced, and earned a B-.

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Steelers watched Jaylen Reed slide 52 picks past his grade and did not hesitate. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

Reaching for Lampkin left real value on the table behind him. That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Jordan Addison gives the group a proven body among the projects.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
In the 30th pick they get an island corner, outstanding value to boot. A real need, handled.
Pick52 Rnd2 Derrick Harmon
Derrick Harmon at pick No. 52 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick56 Rnd2 Kaleb Johnson
Kaleb Johnson at the 56th overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick83 Rnd3 Xavier Restrepo
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Xavier Restrepo in pick 83, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick97 Rnd3 Jalen Milroe
Jalen Milroe at No. 97 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick122 Rnd4 Smael Mondon Jr.
They let Smael Mondon Jr. come to them and pounced at Round 4, Pick 21. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick127 Rnd4 Tyler Baron
A big swing on Tyler Baron at slot 127, well ahead of any board in the building. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick140 Rnd5 Willie Lampkin
They reached a country mile for Willie Lampkin at the Round 5 slot, and the board is aghast. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick163 Rnd5 Nick Nash
They barely believed it either: Nick Nash still on the board at the Round 5 slot. It fills a real need, too.
Pick167 Rnd5 Billy Bowman Jr.
Billy Bowman Jr. in No. 167 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick225 Rnd7 Tonka Hemingway
A real head-scratcher, Tonka Hemingway in the 225th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick231 Rnd7 Jaylen Reed
They robbed the room for Jaylen Reed here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick247 Rnd7 Trevor Etienne
The board fumbled Trevor Etienne all the way to pick No. 247, and they scooped it up. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.