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Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (PIT)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (PIT)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Jaxson Dart Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
Jaxson Dart
QB Ole Miss
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (PIT)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (PIT)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Carson Schwesinger Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (PIT)
Carson Schwesinger
LB UCLA
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (PIT)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Tim Smith Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (PIT)
Tim Smith
DL Alabama
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Steelers let Singleton fall into their laps, and walked away with a B-.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Nicholas Singleton, the No. 100 name on the board, stolen at pick 229. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

The Dart reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
Luther Burden III at the 22nd pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It fills a real need, too.
Pick53 Rnd2 Colston Loveland
Nothing to complain about; Colston Loveland went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick84 Rnd3 Jaxson Dart
A wild overpay on Jaxson Dart in the Round 3 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick120 Rnd4 Andrew Mukuba
Andrew Mukuba in slot 120 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick154 Rnd5 Cam Skattebo
You do not let a running back like Cam Skattebo reach No. 154 and blink. They did not. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick223 Rnd7 Carson Schwesinger
A linebacker of that caliber at the 223rd overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick229 Rnd7 Nicholas Singleton
They will replay Nicholas Singleton at pick No. 229 for years; that is how good the value is. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick242 Rnd7 Tim Smith
Tim Smith at Round 7, Pick 26 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.