Under general manager Omar Khan, there’s a new path to becoming the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first-round pick. With his third draft in the books and more data to examine, one trend has emerged to be the team’s initial selection. Head to Pittsburgh for a pre-draft visit.
While that seems obvious enough, it hasn’t always been the case for the Steelers. In fact, the inverse was true for a bulk of Kevin Colbert’s tenure. Pittsburgh’s decision-makers went to the player to meet him. Now, it’s the other way around.
Below is a list of the team’s first-round picks since 2014, 11 in total (the team did not have a first-round pick in 2020).