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Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (PIT)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (PIT)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (PIT)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
Barryn Sorrell Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
Barryn Sorrell
LB-EDGE Texas
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Steelers did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Steelers took Barryn Sorrell a full 86 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend.

The Rourke pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In Round 1, Pick 21 they get a wrecking ball inside. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick83 Rnd3 Darien Porter
Good price on Darien Porter in the Round 3 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick123 Rnd4 Darius Alexander
They took Darius Alexander at par in pick 123, which is nothing to complain about. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
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 DJ Giddens
You do not let a running back like DJ Giddens reach the 185th overall pick and blink. They did not. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick229 Rnd7 Barryn Sorrell
They reached a country mile for Barryn Sorrell at No. 229, and the board is aghast. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.