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  • Heudecker DRAFTING FOR THE
    Steelers
Draft Selections
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (PIT)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (PIT)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Will Howard Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Will Howard
QB Ohio State
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (PIT)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (PIT)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
Ricky White III Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
Ricky White III
WR UNLV
Draft Picks Received
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Draft Picks Traded
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (BUF)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesB FutureB-
The Steelers checked most of the boxes and earned a B.

The JJ Pegues selection is the head-turner. The Steelers reached 28 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Watts.

A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Omarion Hampton
In the Round 1 slot they get an every-down engine for the run game. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
The board had Xavier Watts higher than Round 2, Pick 24, and the safety fell to them anyway. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick83 Rnd3 Will Howard
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Will Howard. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick123 Rnd4 Cobee Bryant
No edge and no loss on Cobee Bryant in the 123rd overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick156 Rnd5 JJ Pegues
JJ Pegues at pick 156 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick185 Rnd6 Jack Nelson
Jack Nelson at the 185th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick229 Rnd7 Ricky White III
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Ricky White III at the Round 7 slot is the proof. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.