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Draft Selections
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (PIT)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (PIT)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (PIT)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (PIT)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (PIT)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
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
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (LAC)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (LAC)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (LAC)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (LAC)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Mike Green Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (LAC)
Mike Green
DE-EDGE Marshall
Robert Spears-Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (BUF)
Robert Spears-Jennings
S Oklahoma
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Players traded away
Head Shot
George Pickens
WR
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall D+
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureC+
The Steelers let Paul Jr. fall into their laps, and walked away with a D+.

The Steelers treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending slot 223 on Jamaree Caldwell a full 63 spots early.

That Paul Jr. pick is the receipt they will wave around later. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, quarterback very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Malaki Starks
In Round 1, Pick 22 they get a downhill hitter at safety, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick30 Rnd1 Emeka Egbuka
In pick 30 they get a true top target. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick52 Rnd2 Deone Walker
They jumped the gun on Deone Walker, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick83 Rnd3 Jack Bech
The board had cheaper options than Jack Bech at the 83rd overall pick, and it noticed. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick86 Rnd3 Luke Kandra
They reached into another round for Luke Kandra, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick121 Rnd4 Quinshon Judkins
Circle this one: Quinshon Judkins at pick 121 is a fall that decides a draft. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick218 Rnd7 Chris Paul Jr.
They robbed the room for Chris Paul Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick223 Rnd7 Jamaree Caldwell
Jamaree Caldwell at the 223rd overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick229 Rnd7 Bhayshul Tuten
Bhayshul Tuten in Round 7, Pick 13 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick245 Rnd7 Shilo Sanders
Shilo Sanders at slot 245 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.