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DJ Chark Jr. Thought Steelers Would Draft Him In 2018, Chose James Washington One Pick Before

The Pittsburgh Steelers used their second-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft on WR James Washington. The next pick, the Jacksonville Jaguars took D.J. Chark Jr. At the time, Chark thought there was a chance that he was going to end up in the black and gold. He told this story while appearing on a recent episode of Punch Line Podcast with Marlon Humphrey.

“I had an idea. I said, maybe I’ll go to Pittsburgh,” Chark said in a video of the podcast posted on YouTube. “They actually picked before me. The pick before I got picked to Jacksonville, they picked James Washington.