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Study: What The Pittsburgh Steelers Look For In Drafting Wide Receivers (2023)

Back with another Pittsburgh Steelers’ “What they look for” study and how it applies to the 2023 NFL Draft. Today, we’re breaking down the Steelers’ wide receivers, a position they’ve drafted more than any over the course of the Mike Tomlin era. We’ll try to use that data to see which 2023 prospects best fit them.

Before getting into the history, a quick recap of how we’re expanding the data this year to make this project as worthwhile as possible.

“There’s one other change too. In past years, I focused largely on Combine workout numbers, only using Pro Days for objective testing, things like vertical and broad jump in which two scouts wouldn’t have two different numbers like they could with a 40 time or three-cone.