QB
1 11 Ben Roethlisberger QB Miami (Ohio)
5 156 Dennis Dixon QB Oregon
5 163 Brian St. Pierre QB Boston College
5 164 Omar Jacobs QB Bowling Green State
A franchise QB with the only high choice and 1 good back-up out of 3 attempts in the 5th round. A
RB
1 23 Rashard Mendenhall RB Illinois
5 169 Frank Summers RB UNLV
7 240 Cedric Humes RB Virginia Tech
7 242 J.T. Wall FB Georgia
7 244 Noah Herron RB Northwestern
A solid started with a high draft pick, a question mark in a late round, and 3 7th rounders who shouldn't even be expected to make the team. Willie Parker was a great find undrafted. B+
WR
1 25 Santonio Holmes WR Ohio State
2 53 Limas Sweed WR Texas
3 84 Mike Wallace WR Mississippi
3 95 Willie Reid WR Florida State
4 131 Fred Gibson WR Georgia
7 227 Dallas Baker WR Florida
2 great WRs, a highly likely 2nd round bust, a total complete failure in the third and fourth rounds, and another body to likely be cut picked up in the 7th. This has been a really bad position, and a lot of good picks were wasted on bad players that could have filled other needs. Holmes and Wallace at least make it tolerable. C-
TE
1 30 Heath Miller TE Virginia
3 77 Matt Spaeth TE Minnesota
5 167 Charles Davis TE Purdue
6 194 Matt Kranchick TE Penn State
7 241 David Johnson TE Arkansas State
One of the leagues best and a guy they liked enough to retain as his backup...then a couple more nobodies with picks that don't matter all too much. A-
OL
3 75 Max Starks T Florida
3 79 Kraig Urbik G Wisconsin
3 93 Trai Essex T Northwestern
4 130 Tony Hills T Texas
4 131 Willie Colon T Hofstra
5 156 Cameron Stephenson G Rutgers
6 177 Bo Lacy T Arkansas
6 197 Drew Caylor C Stanford
6 201 Marvin Philip C California
6 204 Chris Kemoeatu G Utah
7 226 A.Q. Shipley C Penn State
If you aren't going to draft them high then you have to draft a bunch later and hope a couple maybe work out. That seems to be the Steelers motto here. They have starters from the 3rd, 4th, and 6th rounds. A couple question marks peppered in. And a bunch more crappy players. They have found some decent undrafted guys in Foster, Stapleton, and Legursky. C+
DL
1 32 Evander Hood DE/DT Missouri
4 132 Ryan McBean DE Oklahoma State
4 133 Orien Harris DT Miami (Fla.)
6 205 Ra’Shon Harris DE Oregon
7 212 Eric Taylor DT Memphis
7 228 Shaun Nua DE Brigham Young
Two question marks from last years 1st and 6th, two complete losses in the 4th, and some throw away 7th rounders. C
LB
1 15 Lawrence Timmons LB Florida State
2 46 LaMarr Woodley LB Michigan
2 59 Alonzo Jackson LB Florida State
3 88 Bruce Davis LB UCLA
5 145 Nathaniel Adibi DE Virginia Tech
5 166 Rian Wallace LB Temple
6 188 Mike Humpal OLB Iowa
Ouch. A serviceable starter from the 1st round, a stud and a bust in the second, another gigantic bust in the third, and some other dudes that did nothing. Still, there are two starters with massive potential, and they also found defensive MVP James Harrison undrafted. B
DB
1 16 Troy Polamalu DB USC
2 38 Ricardo Colclough CB Tusculum
2 62 Bryant McFadden DB Florida State
3 83 Anthony Smith DB Syracuse
3 96 Keenen Lewis CB Oregon State
4 125 Ike Taylor CB Louisiana-Lafayette
5 168 Joe Burnett CB Central Florida
5 170 William Gay CB Louisville
6 194 Ryan Mundy FS West Virginia
A legend early, 2nd and 3rd round busts, a 2nd rounder they let walk away, a solid 5th round starter, and then some question marks. Colclough, Mcfadden, and Smith really screwed this up for them. Big misses. C-
Other
4 112 Daniel Sepulveda P Baylor
Slightly above average punter with a 4th rounder, and traded up to get him. C
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