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Steelers 2019 Draft Tracker

Steelers 2019 Draft Tracker

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DRAFT TRACKER
Round 1 • Pick 21 (21) • DT Derrick Harmon
Round 3 • Pick 19 (83) • RB Kaleb Johnson
Round 4 • Pick 21 (123) • EDGE Jack Sawyer
Round 5 • Pick 28 (164) • DT Yahya Black
Round 6 • Pick 9 (185) • QB Will Howard
Round 7 • Pick 10 (226) • LB Carson Bruener
Round 7 • Pick 13 (229) • CB Donte Kent
Full Draft Tracker

Round 1

Derrick Harmon headShot
Pick 21 (21)

Derrick Harmon

DT Oregon
6-4 313 LBS
  • 2021 (Michigan State): Redshirted. Played in 4 games as a reserve (1 tackle).
  • 2022 (Michigan State): Played in all 12 games with 5 starts (30 tackles, 3 TFLs with 2 sacks, PBU).
  • 2023 (Michigan State): Played in all 12 games with 10 starts (40 tackles, 3.5 TFLs with 1.5 sacks, PBU, FF).
  • 2024: Second-team Associated Press All-American. Third-team All-Big Ten Conference. Tied for the team lead with 2 FFs. Played all 14 games with 13 starts (45 tackles, 10.5 TFLs with 5 sacks, 4 PBUs, 2 FFs).

-- by Chad Reuter

Round 3

Kaleb Johnson headShot
Pick 19 (83)

Kaleb Johnson

RB Iowa
6-1 224 LBS
  • 2022: Honorable Mention All-Big Ten Conference. Led team with 779 rushing yards, 6 rushing TDs (151 carries, 5.2 per). Played in all 13 games with 6 starts (4-27-6.8 receiving; 13-325-25.0 KR).
  • 2023: Played in 10 games with 5 starts (117-463-4.0, 3 TDs rushing; 3-25-8.3 receiving; 2-77-38.5 KR)). Missed 3 games due to injury.
  • 2024: Second-team Associated Press All-American. Big Ten RB of the Year. First-team All-Big Ten. Finalist for the Doak Walker Award (nation's top RB). Ranked sixth in the FBS with 138 points scored, tied for sixth with a school-record 21 rushing TDs, ranked seventh with 1,537 rushing yards (240 carries, 6.4 per), eighth with 1,725 all-purpose yards (22-188-8.5, 2 TDs receiving). Set school record with 23 total TDs. Played in 12 games with 11 starts. Did not play in the team's Music City Bowl loss to Missouri.

-- by Chad Reuter

Round 4

Jack Sawyer headShot
Pick 21 (123)

Jack Sawyer

EDGE Ohio State
6-4 260 LBS
  • High school: 5-star recruit, top 5 overall prospect nationally.
  • 2021: Played in 12 games as a reserve (13 tackles, 3 sacks, PBU, FF).
  • 2022: Honorable Mention All-Big Ten Conference. Played in all 13 games with 3 starts (24 tackles, 6.5 TFLs with 4.5 sacks, PBU).
  • 2023: Third-team All-Big Ten. Led team with 6.5 sacks. Tied for the team lead with 10 TFLs, 2 FFs. Started all 13 games (48 tackles, 2 PBUs, 2 FFs).
  • 2024: Second-team All-Big Ten. Tied for the team lead with 3 FFs. Team captain. Cotton Bowl Defensive MVP (game-clinching 83-yard TD in the fourth quarter after causing and recovering a fumble on a sack of Texas QB Quinn Ewers). Started all 16 games for the national champions (59 tackles, 9 sacks, INT, 6 PBUs).

-- by Chad Reuter

Round 5

Yahya Black headShot
Pick 28 (164)

Yahya Black

DT Iowa
6-5 336 LBS
From Lions through Browns and Eagles and Chiefs
  • 2020: Redshirted. Played in 4 games as a reserve (3 tackles).
  • 2021: Played in all 14 games as a reserve (18 tackles, 2 PBUs, FF).
  • 2022: Played in 9 games as a reserve (11 tackles, 1.5 TFLs with 1 sack, 2 PBUs).
  • 2023: Honorable Mention All-Big Ten. Started all 14 games (51 tackles, 5 TFLs with 3.5 sacks, 5 PBUs, FF).
  • 2024: Honorable Mention All-Big Ten. Started all 13 games (34 tackles, 7 TFLs with 1 sack, 2 PBUs, FF).

-- by Chad Reuter

Round 6

Will Howard headShot
Pick 9 (185)

Will Howard

QB Ohio State
6-4 236 LBS
From Bears through Seahawks
  • High school: Maxwell Club Pennsylvania Player of the Year (2,543 yards, 27 TDs passing).
  • 2020 (Kansas State): Played in 9 games with 7 starts (90-168-53.6, 1,178 yards, 8 TDs, 10 INTs passing; 78-364-4.7, 3 TDs rushing).
  • 2021 (Kansas State): Played in 6 games with 3 starts (30-55-54.5, 332 yards, TD, INT passing; 32-184-5.8, 4 TDs rushing).
  • 2022 (Kansas State): Played in 7 games with 5 starts (119-199-59.8, 1,633 yards, 15 TDs, 4 INTs passing; 35-22-0.6, 3 TDs rushing). 
  • 2023 (Kansas State): Second-team All-Big 12 Conference. Started 12 games (219-357-61.3, 2,643 yards, 24 TDs, 10 INTs passing; 81-351-4.3, 9 TDs rushing). Set school record with 48 career passing TDs. Entered the transfer portal after the regular season. 
  • 2024: Third-team All-Big Ten Conference. Ranked second in the FBS with 73.0 completion percentage (309-423), fourth with 35 passing TDs (10 INTs), sixth with 4,010 passing yards. Cotton Bowl Offensive MVP (24-33, 289 yards, TD, INT) in the win over Texas. National Championship Offensive MVP (231 yards, 2 TDs passing; 16-57 rushing). Started all 16 games for the national champions (105-226-2.2, 7 TDs rushing).

-- by Chad Reuter

Round 7

Carson Bruener headShot
Pick 10 (226)

Carson Bruener

LB Washington
6-1 227 LBS
From Panthers through Chiefs
  • 2020: Redshirted.
  • 2021: Played in 11 games with 5 starts (70 tackles, 2.5 TFLs with 1.5 sacks, INT, 2 FFs).
  • 2022: Played in all 13 games as a reserve (45 tackles, 3.5 TFLs, PBU).
  • 2023: Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 Conference. Team’s Special Teams MVP. Played in all 15 games with 1 start (86 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, INT, 3 PBUs, FF).
  • 2024: Third-team All-Big Ten Conference. Led team with 104 tackles and 3 INTs. Started all 13 games (2 TFLs, 5 PBUs, FF). Team captain and Defensive MVP.
  • Miscellaneous: Father, Mark, played TE at Washington on the 1991 championship team, was drafted in the first round (27th overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft and played 14 years for the Steelers and Texans. Brother, Braydon, transferred from Oregon State to Washington as a walk-on for the 2023 season.

-- by Chad Reuter

Donte Kent headShot
Pick 13 (229)

Donte Kent

CB Central Michigan
5-10 189 LBS
From Falcons through Eagles