Steelers special teams coordinator Danny Smith commands respect both nationally and internally, and the team keeps his coffers full. In this case, we are referring to his special teams units, Pittsburgh unafraid to carry players whose clear strength is in the third phase of the game. In the seventh round this year, they even drafted two players high on Smith’s list—literally, it seems.
Pittsburgh traded back in the fifth round in the 2025 NFL Draft to recoup an extra seventh. The Steelers used those two picks on Carson Bruener and Donte Kent, whom Danny Smith scouted.