Steelers 2019 Draft Tracker

Steelers 2019 Draft Tracker

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DRAFT TRACKER
Round 1 • Pick 14 (14) • OT Broderick Jones
Round 2 • Pick 1 (32) • CB Joey Porter Jr.
Round 2 • Pick 18 (49) • DT Keeanu Benton
Round 3 • Pick 30 (93) • TE Darnell Washington
Round 4 • Pick 30 (132) • LB Nick Herbig
Round 7 • Pick 24 (241) • CB Cory Trice Jr.
Round 7 • Pick 34 (251) • G Spencer Anderson
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Round 1

Broderick Jones headShot
Pick 14 (14)

Broderick Jones

OT Georgia
From Patriots
Jones redshirted his first season with the Bulldogs, playing in two games as a reserve. Jones played behind Jamaree Salyer at left tackle for the first 11 games of Georgia's nation title-winning season in 2021 but started at left tackle in the final four contests to help the team hoist the trophy, earning a spot on the SEC All-Freshman Team for his efforts. He started all 15 games at left tackle for Georgia in 2022, helping the team win back-to-back titles. -- by Chad Reuter

Round 2

Joey Porter Jr. headShot
Pick 1 (32)

Joey Porter Jr.

CB Penn State
From Bears
The son of former Steelers star Joey Porter was a first-team all-state pick at North Allegheny High School before appearing in four games in 2019 (three tackles, one pass breakup) and taking a redshirt. He garnered honorable mention All-Big Ten honors in 2020, starting eight games (33 tackles, two for loss, four pass breakups). Porter was a third-team all-conference pick in 2021, starting all 13 games (51 tackles, one interception, four pass breakups). He vaulted to second-team Associated Press All-American and first-team all-conference status in 2022, also winning the team's Most Valuable Defensive Player Award (27 tackles, 11 pass breakups in 10 starts) despite missing two late-season games with appendicitis. He opted out of the Rose Bowl. -- by Chad Reuter
Keeanu Benton headShot
Pick 18 (49)

Keeanu Benton

DT Wisconsin
Keeanu (pronounced key-AH-new) Benton grew up 45 minutes from Camp Randall, earning all-state honors at Janesville Craig High School and qualifying twice for the Wisconsin state wrestling meet. He started six contests as a true freshman in 2019 (12 tackles, four for loss with two sacks in 13 games) and five games in 2020 (eight tackles in seven contests). Benton's 2021 play in 13 starts was noticed by Big Ten coaches, who named him second-team all-conference (25 tackles, five for loss with 2.5 sacks, two pass breakups) as he helped lead the nation's top rushing defense. He was a third-team selection as a senior, recording 35 stops, 10 for loss with 4.5 sacks, and two pass breakups in 12 starts. He opted out of the team's bowl game to prepare for the draft. -- by Chad Reuter

Round 3

Darnell Washington headShot
Pick 30 (93)

Darnell Washington

TE Georgia
From 49ers through Panthers
Washington was rated one of the top 25 recruits in the country after his career at Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas. He started seven of 10 games played in 2020 for the Bulldogs (7-166-23.7) as a true freshman. Washington missed the first four games of the 2021 campaign with an injury from preseason camp but returned to start six of 11 contests (10-154-15.4, one TD) for the national champions. He was a second-team All-SEC selection in 2022 (28-454-16.2 two TDs), starting 14 of 15 games played as Georgia repeated as champs. -- by Chad Reuter

Round 4

Nick Herbig headShot
Pick 30 (132)

Nick Herbig

LB Wisconsin
From 49ers through Panthers

Herbig is a Hawaii native who played at the famed Saint Louis School in Honolulu, which produced NFL players like Marcus Mariota and Tua Tagovailoa, among others. His brother, Nate, played on the offensive line at Stanford before heading to the league. Nick was the Hawaii Open Division Defensive Player of the Year as a senior and a four-star recruit before coming to Wisconsin. In his first year on campus, he started all seven games and led the Badgers with six tackles for loss (including one sack among 26 tackles). Herbig was an honorable mention All-Big Ten Conference pick in 2021, pacing the team with nine sacks (among 64 tackles, 14.5 for loss). With Leo Chenal off to the NFL in 2022, Herbig became the team's top playmaker, garnering third-team Associated Press All-American and first-team all-conference accolades (47 tackles, 15.5 for loss with 11 sacks, two pass breakups in 11 games) as his sack total tied for sixth in the FBS. He opted out of the team's bowl game to prepare for the draft. -- by Chad Reuter

Round 7

Cory Trice Jr. headShot
Pick 24 (241)

Cory Trice Jr.

CB Purdue
From Vikings through Broncos
Trice was the Class 5A-District 1 Player of the Year as a senior at Christian County High School in Kentucky. He played in three games as a reserve his redshirt season in 2018 (making one tackle) before starting five of 11 games played the following year, tying for the team lead with three interceptions and posting 35 tackles. Trice started all six games for the Boilermakers in 2020 (31 tackles, two pass breakups) and the first two games of 2021 (four tackles, two pass breakups) before missing the rest of the year with a knee injury. Big Ten coaches voted him honorable mention all-conference in 2022 after he led the team with 10 pass breakups in 13 starts (also posting 34 tackles, two for loss, and two interceptions). He opted out of the team's bowl game to prepare for the draft. -- by Chad Reuter
Spencer Anderson headShot
Pick 34 (251)

Spencer Anderson

G Maryland
6-4 305 LBS
Compensatory Selection - From Rams
Anderson was an honorable mention All-Metro pick as a senior at Bishop McNamara High School before signing with Maryland. He redshirted the 2018 season, playing in two games as a reserve, and earned one start at right tackle among 11 appearances in 2019. Anderson started in all five games in 2020 (four at left tackle, one at center). He was an honorable mention All-Big Ten Conference selection as a junior, starting all 13 games, nine at right tackle and four in the pivot. Anderson started all 13 games in 2022, 12 at right guard and one at right tackle. -- by Chad Reuter