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Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (PIT)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (PIT)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
Omarr Norman-Lott Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Omarr Norman-Lott
DT Tennessee
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (PIT)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (PIT)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Jeffrey Bassa Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (PIT)
Jeffrey Bassa
LB Oregon
Jamaree Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (PIT)
Jamaree Caldwell
DL Oregon
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Shilo Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (PIT)
Shilo Sanders
S Colorado
Draft Picks Received
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (LAR)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (CAR)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Draft Picks Traded
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (LAR)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Players traded away
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George Pickens
WR
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall D+
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureC
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Steelers to a D+.

The Steelers did not so much draft Jamaree Caldwell as overpay for him, 75 picks clear of his grade. It sets an uneasy tone for the weekend. Too much went sideways, and the D+ is the honest tally.

Tuten at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

In short, the board sent warnings, and they will be hoping it was wrong.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
Luther Burden III in the Round 1 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. The roster fit checks out.
Pick26 Rnd1 Emeka Egbuka
In the 26th pick they get a true top target at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick57 Rnd2 Azareye'h Thomas
No drama and no debate, Azareye'h Thomas went about where he belonged in Round 2, Pick 25. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick83 Rnd3 Omarr Norman-Lott
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Omarr Norman-Lott in No. 83. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick109 Rnd4 Luke Kandra
No edge and no loss on Luke Kandra in slot 109; it is a wash and a sensible one. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick121 Rnd4 TreVeyon Henderson
Taking TreVeyon Henderson in the 121st overall pick is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick161 Rnd5 Jeffrey Bassa
Jeffrey Bassa in the 161st pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick223 Rnd7 Jamaree Caldwell
They reached into another round for Jamaree Caldwell, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick229 Rnd7 Bhayshul Tuten
Steal is underselling it; Bhayshul Tuten at No. 229 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick245 Rnd7 Shilo Sanders
They liked Shilo Sanders enough to skip the value, taking him in the Round 7 slot. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.