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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (PIT)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Brashard Smith Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (PIT)
Brashard Smith
RB SMU
Nazir Stackhouse Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
Nazir Stackhouse
DL Georgia
Cam Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
Cam Jackson
DT Florida
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueA NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Steelers robbed the room for Emmanwori. Final grade: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Nick Emmanwori had no business being available in slot 83, and the Steelers did the only sane thing and turned in the card. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

The Stackhouse pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with quarterback chief among the fixes.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In the Round 1 slot they get a potential shutdown corner at a price that makes it sweeter. A real need, handled.
Pick83 Rnd3 Nick Emmanwori
A safety of that caliber at No. 83 is the definition of value, full stop. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick123 Rnd4 Jalen Milroe
Jalen Milroe at pick No. 123 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick156 Rnd5 Brashard Smith
Somehow Brashard Smith was still sitting there in the 156th overall pick, and they pounced on premier running back value. The roster fit checks out.
Pick185 Rnd6 Nazir Stackhouse
They talked themselves into Nazir Stackhouse at Round 6, Pick 9, and the board did not agree. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick229 Rnd7 Cam Jackson
They paid sticker price for Cam Jackson in slot 229, and that is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.