List of Pittsburgh Steelers first-round draft picks

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Byron "Whizzer" White was selected fourth overall in the 1938 draft – he went on to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Pittsburgh Steelers, a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, participated in the first NFL draft prior to the 1936 season. The franchise changed its name to the Steelers prior to the 1940 season, to represent the city's heritage of producing steel.[1]

The event, which is officially known as the "Player Selection Meeting",[2] is held each April. The draft is used as the primary means to distribute newly available talent (primarily from college football) equitably amongst the teams. Selections are made in reverse order based on the previous season's record, i.e. the club with the worst record from the previous season selects first. Through 2009, only two exceptions were made to this order: the Super Bowl champion always selects last (32nd), and the Super Bowl loser is awarded the penultimate (31st) pick. Beginning in 2010, teams making the playoffs will be seeded in reverse order depending upon how far they advance.[3] The draft consists of seven rounds. Teams have the option of trading selections for players, cash and/or other selections (including future year selections). Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades.[4] The Steelers have traded away their first-round pick eight times; they have had two first-round selections in two drafts.

The Steelers' first selection in the inaugural NFL draft was William Shakespeare, a halfback from Notre Dame.[5] The Steelers have selected first overall three times, drafting Bill Dudley in 1942, Gary Glick in 1956 and Terry Bradshaw in 1970. The team has selected second overall once, and third overall four times.[5] Through 2023, ten Steeler first-round picks have gone on to have playing careers deemed worthy of enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Terry Bradshaw, Len Dawson, Bill Dudley, Alan Faneca, Joe Greene, Franco Harris, Bobby Layne, Troy Polamalu, Lynn Swann, and Rod Woodson.[6] The team's most recent first-round selection was Derrick Harmon, a defensive tackle from the University of Oregon.

Key

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Position Key
Abbreviation Position Abbreviation Position Abbreviation Position
B Back K Kicker NT Nose tackle
C Center LB Linebacker FB Fullback
DB Defensive back P Punter HB Halfback
DE Defensive end QB Quarterback WR Wide receiver
DT Defensive tackle RB Running back G Guard
E End T Offensive tackle TE Tight end
Symbol Key
Symbol Meaning
^ Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
 *  Selected number one overall
† Selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career
— No draft pick that year
Year Each year links to an article about that particular NFL Draft
Pick Number of the pick within the first round
Position Position of the player
College Attended college

Player selections

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1954 first-round selection Johnny Lattner played only a single NFL season.
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Franco Harris caught the "Immaculate Reception" in the 1972 NFL Playoffs.
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Lynn Swann, drafted in 1974, was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001.
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Rod Woodson, drafted in 1987, was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Alan Faneca was a 5-time All-Pro for the Steelers after being drafted in 1998.
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Troy Polamalu made the Pro Bowl six consecutive years from 2004 to 2009, and was Defensive Player of the Year in 2010.
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Drafted in 2004, Ben Roethlisberger became the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl in 2005 at the age of 23.[7]
Pittsburgh Steelers first-round draft picks
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1936 3 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Notre Dame
1937 5 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Duquesne
1938 4 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Colorado
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1940 3 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Arkansas
1941 99– ZZZNo pick ZZZ– ZZZ– <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[b]
1942 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".*† RB Virginia
1943 7 Script error: No such module "Sort". FB Minnesota
1944 10 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB St. Mary's (CA)
1945 2 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Florida
1946 3 Script error: No such module "Sort". FB Army
1947 5 Script error: No such module "Sort". WR Texas
1948 3 Script error: No such module "Sort".† QB Texas <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[p]
9 Script error: No such module "Sort". WR Georgia
1949 6 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Clemson
1950 8 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Michigan State
1951 9 Script error: No such module "Sort". FB Alabama
1952 6 Script error: No such module "Sort". FB Maryland
1953 5 Script error: No such module "Sort". QB Detroit
1954 7 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Notre Dame
1955 6 Script error: No such module "Sort". OT Notre Dame
1956 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".* DB Colorado State <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[c]
1956 5 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Mississippi State
1957 5 Script error: No such module "Sort".† QB Purdue
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1959 99– ZZZNo pick ZZZ– ZZZ– <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[e]
1960 6 Script error: No such module "Sort". FB TCU
1961 99– ZZZNo pick ZZZ– ZZZ– <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[f]
1962 5 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Ohio State
1963 99– ZZZNo pick ZZZ– ZZZ– <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[g]
1964 10 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Pittsburgh
1965 99– ZZZNo pick ZZZ– ZZZ– <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[h]
1966 3 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB WVU
1967 99– ZZZNo pick ZZZ– ZZZ– <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[i]
1968 10 Script error: No such module "Sort". OT USC
1969 4 Script error: No such module "Sort".† DT North Texas
1970 1 Script error: No such module "Sort".*† QB Louisiana Tech
1971 8 Script error: No such module "Sort". WR Grambling
1972 13 Script error: No such module "Sort".† RB Penn State
1973 24 Script error: No such module "Sort". DB Florida State
1974 21 Script error: No such module "Sort".† WR USC
1975 26 Script error: No such module "Sort". DB Michigan
1976 28 Script error: No such module "Sort". TE Clemson
1977 21 Script error: No such module "Sort". LB New Mexico
1978 22 Script error: No such module "Sort". DB Eastern Michigan
1979 28 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Baylor
1980 28 Script error: No such module "Sort". QB Arizona State
1981 17 Script error: No such module "Sort". DE Oklahoma
1982 12 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Baylor
1983 21 Script error: No such module "Sort". DE Texas Tech
1984 23 Script error: No such module "Sort". WR Southern Mississippi
1985 20 Script error: No such module "Sort". DE Wisconsin
1986 9 Script error: No such module "Sort". G Temple
1987 10 Script error: No such module "Sort".† DB Purdue
1988 18 Script error: No such module "Sort". DE Eastern Kentucky
1989 7 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Georgia
1989 24 Script error: No such module "Sort". OT Pittsburgh <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[j]
1990 21 Script error: No such module "Sort". TE Liberty <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[k]
1991 15 Script error: No such module "Sort". DE Florida
1992 11 Script error: No such module "Sort". OT Miami
1993 23 Script error: No such module "Sort". DB Colorado
1994 17 Script error: No such module "Sort". WR Colorado
1995 27 Script error: No such module "Sort". TE Washington
1996 29 Script error: No such module "Sort". OT North Carolina A&T
1997 24 Script error: No such module "Sort". DB Maryland
1998 26 Script error: No such module "Sort".† G LSU
1999 13 Script error: No such module "Sort". WR Louisiana Tech
2000 8 Script error: No such module "Sort". WR Michigan State
2001 19 Script error: No such module "Sort". DT Texas <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[l]
2002 30 Script error: No such module "Sort". G Auburn
2003 16 Script error: No such module "Sort".† DB USC <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[m]
2004 11 Script error: No such module "Sort". QB Miami (OH)
2005 30 Script error: No such module "Sort". TE Virginia
2006 25 Script error: No such module "Sort". WR Ohio State <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[n]
2007 15 Script error: No such module "Sort". LB Florida State
2008 23 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Illinois
2009 32 Script error: No such module "Sort". DT Missouri
2010 18 Script error: No such module "Sort". C Florida
2011 31 Script error: No such module "Sort". DE Ohio State
2012 24 Script error: No such module "Sort". G Stanford
2013 17 Script error: No such module "Sort". LB Georgia
2014 15 Script error: No such module "Sort". LB Ohio State
2015 22 Script error: No such module "Sort". LB Kentucky
2016 25 Script error: No such module "Sort". CB Miami
2017 30 Script error: No such module "Sort". LB Wisconsin
2018 28 Script error: No such module "Sort". S Virginia Tech
2019 10 Devin Bush LB Michigan
2020 99– ZZZNo pick ZZZ– ZZZ– <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[o]
2021 24 Script error: No such module "Sort". RB Alabama
2022 20 Script error: No such module "Sort". QB Pittsburgh
2023 14 Script error: No such module "Sort". OT Georgia
2024 20 Script error: No such module "Sort". OT Washington
2025 21 Script error: No such module "Sort". DT Oregon

Notes

  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>a The Steelers traded their 1939 pick (2nd overall) to the Chicago Bears.[8]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>b The Steelers traded their 1941 pick (3rd overall) to the Chicago Bears (3rd overall)[9]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>c This was a lottery bonus pick.[10]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>d The Steelers traded their 1958 pick (8th overall) to the San Francisco 49ers.[11]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>e The Steelers traded their 1959 pick (8th overall) to the San Francisco 49ers.[12]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>f The Steelers traded their 1961 pick (6th overall) to the San Francisco 49ers.[13]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>g The Steelers traded their 1963 pick (11th overall) to the Chicago Bears.[14]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>h The Steelers traded their 1965 pick (3rd overall) to the Chicago Bears.[15]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>i The Steelers traded their 1967 pick (9th overall) to the Green Bay Packers.[16]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>j The Steelers acquired the 1989 pick (24th overall) from the Minnesota Vikings.[17]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>k The Steelers traded their 1990 pick (17th overall) to the Dallas Cowboys for Dallas' 1990 pick (21st overall, obtained from Minnesota Vikings) and a third-round pick (82nd overall, obtained from San Francisco 49ers).[5]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>l The Steelers traded their 2001 pick (16th overall) to the New York Jets for their first-round pick (19th overall), their fourth-round pick (111th overall) and their sixth-round pick (181st overall).[18]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>m The Steelers traded their first-round pick (27th overall), third-round pick (92nd overall) and sixth-round pick (200th overall) to obtain the 2003 pick (16th overall).[19]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>n The Steelers obtained the 2006 pick from New York Giants by trading their first-round pick (32nd overall), their third-round pick (96th overall) and their fourth-round pick (129th overall).[20]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>o The Steelers traded their 2020 pick (18th overall) to the Miami Dolphins to acquire Minkah Fitzpatrick.[21]
  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>p The Steelers drafted Bobby Layne but immediately traded him to the Chicago Bears.[22]

References

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