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NUMBER 45

  • G MAN DRAFTING FOR THE
    Steelers
Draft Selections
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (PIT)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (PIT)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (PIT)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Cam Miller Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (PIT)
Cam Miller
QB North Dakota State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (PIT)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (PIT)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (PIT)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Garrett Dellinger Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (PIT)
Garrett Dellinger
OG LSU
Giles Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
Giles Jackson
WR Washington
Elijhah Badger Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (PIT)
Elijhah Badger
WR Florida
Draft Picks Received
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Cam Miller Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NYG)
Cam Miller
QB North Dakota State
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (BUF)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (NYG)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (NYG)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Samuel Brown Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (NYG)
Samuel Brown
WR Miami
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Players Gained
Head Shot
Von Miller
LB
Players traded away
Head Shot
Dan Moore Jr.
OT
Head Shot
Justin Fields
QB
Head Shot
Najee Harris
RB
Head Shot
T.J. Watt
LB
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall F
ValueC+ NeedB TradesF FutureD+
The Steelers went off-script early, and it cost them a F.

The Steelers treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending slot 103 on Cam Miller a full 150 spots early.

Judkins falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.

Bottom line, it will take a lot of luck to make this look better later.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Emeka Egbuka
In No. 30 they get a true top target. A real need, handled.
Pick52 Rnd2 Trey Amos
They paid sticker price for Trey Amos in the Round 2 slot, and that is fine. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick56 Rnd2 Hollin Pierce
Hollin Pierce in pick 56 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick62 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
Jihaad Campbell in Round 2, Pick 30 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick83 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
TreVeyon Henderson at slot 83 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick103 Rnd4 Cam Miller
Value said wait; Cam Miller in pick No. 103 says they were not listening. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick121 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
They will replay Kevin Winston Jr. at slot 121 for years; that is how good the value is. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick169 Rnd5 Quinshon Judkins
Somehow Quinshon Judkins was still sitting there in pick No. 169, and they pounced on premier running back value. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick202 Rnd6 Cody Simon
The board fumbled Cody Simon all the way to pick 202, and they scooped it up. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick223 Rnd7 Garrett Dellinger
They talked themselves into Garrett Dellinger at No. 223, and the board did not agree. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick229 Rnd7 Giles Jackson
They reached into another round for Giles Jackson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick245 Rnd7 Elijhah Badger
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Elijhah Badger well ahead of where he belonged. The roster fit checks out.