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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Anthony Belton Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (PIT)
Anthony Belton
OT NC State
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (PIT)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Antwane Wells Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
Antwane Wells Jr.
WR Ole Miss
Cam Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
Cam Jackson
DT Florida
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Steelers and Watts: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Xavier Watts had no business being available in the 83rd overall pick, and the Steelers did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The cost of the Wells Jr. reach is exactly the players who went right after him. On the needs board they went 5 of 9, with quarterback the one that mattered most.

The skill positions did well by the weekend.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In pick No. 21 they get an every-down engine for the run game at a price that makes it sweeter.
Pick83 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
Somehow Xavier Watts was still sitting there in No. 83, and they pounced on premier safety value. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick123 Rnd4 Anthony Belton
Anthony Belton is a better player than the Round 4 slot suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick156 Rnd5 Kurtis Rourke
They robbed the room for Kurtis Rourke here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick185 Rnd6 Antwane Wells Jr.
Antwane Wells Jr. in Round 6, Pick 9 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick229 Rnd7 Cam Jackson
A straight-up fair deal on Cam Jackson at the 229th pick, value and slot in agreement. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.