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Steelers 2019 Draft Tracker

Steelers 2019 Draft Tracker

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DRAFT TRACKER
Round 1 • Pick 21 (21) • OT Max Iheanachor
Round 2 • Pick 15 (47) • WR Germie Bernard
Round 3 • Pick 12 (76) • QB Drew Allar
Round 3 • Pick 21 (85) • CB Daylen Everette
Round 3 • Pick 32 (96) • G Gennings Dunker
Round 4 • Pick 21 (121) • WR Kaden Wetjen
Round 5 • Pick 29 (169) • TE Riley Nowakowski
Round 6 • Pick 29 (210) • DE Gabe Rubio
Round 7 • Pick 8 (224) • SAF Robert Spears-Jennings
Round 7 • Pick 14 (230) • RB Eli Heidenreich
Full Draft Tracker

Round 1

Max Iheanachor headShot
Pick 21 (21)

Max Iheanachor

OT Arizona State
6-5 321 LBS
  • 2021 (East Los Angeles College): Played in 1 game.
  • 2022 (East Los Angeles College): Top 10 overall JC recruit. Played LT/RT.
  • 2023: Played in 6 games with 5 starts (4 at RT, 1 at LT).
  • 2024: Started all 14 games at RT.
  • 2025: Second-team All-Big 12 Conference. Started 12 games at RT.
  • Miscellaneous: Born in Nigeria, moved to Compton when he was 13 years old. Did not play football growing up. Played soccer in Nigeria.

-- by Chad Reuter

Round 2

Germie Bernard headShot
Pick 15 (47)

Germie Bernard

WR Alabama
6-1 206 LBS
From Colts
  • 2022 (Michigan State): Played in 12 games as a reserve (7-128-18.3, 2 TDs receiving; 6-119-19.8 KR; 1-3-3.0 rushing).
  • 2023 (Washington): Played in 14 games with 7 starts (34-419-12.3, 2 TDs receiving; 10-233-23.3 KR; 3-43-14.3 PR; 13-43-3.3, 2 TDs rushing; 1-1, 14 yards passing).
  • 2024: Led team with 50 receptions (794 yards, 15.9 per, 2 TDs). Started all 13 games (4-37-9.2, TD rushing).
  • 2025: Led team with 64 receptions, 862 receiving yards (13.5 per, 7 TDs). Started 14 games (18-101-5.6, 2 TDs rushing; 2-2, 15 yards passing).

-- by Chad Reuter

Round 3

Drew Allar headShot
Pick 12 (76)

Drew Allar

QB Penn State
6-5 228 LBS
From Cowboys
  • High school: Five-star recruit, No. 1 QB prospect nationally. Ohio Mr. Football, State Player of the Year, first-team All-State as a senior (305-511, 4,444 yards, 49 TDs; 406 yards, 9 TDs rushing).
  • 2022: Played in 10 games as a reserve (35-60-58.3, 344 yards, 4 TDs passing; 18-52-2.9, TD rushing).
  • 2023: Honorable Mention All-Big Ten Conference. His TD-to-INT ratio (12.5:1) was second nationally only to Bo Nix (13:1). Started all 13 games (233-389-59.9, 2,631 yards, 25 TDs, 2 INTs passing; 74-206-2.8, 4 TDs rushing). Set an FBS record by not throwing a single INT in his first 311 career passes.
  • 2024: Honorable Mention All-Big Ten. Started all 16 games (262-394-66.5, 3,327 yards, 24 TDs, 8 INTs passing; 96-302-3.1, 6 TDs rushing).
  • 2025: Started the first 6 games (103-159-64.8, 1,100 yards, 8 TDs, 3 INTs passing; 36-172-4.8, TD rushing). Finished with a career completion rate of 63.2 percent at Penn State, setting a record. Had surgery on his broken left ankle in October, suffered during the team's 22-21 loss to Northwestern. 

-- by Chad Reuter

Daylen Everette headShot
Pick 21 (85)

Daylen Everette

CB Georgia
6-1 196 LBS
  • 2022: Played in 14 games as a reserve for the national champions (13 tackles, PBU).
  • 2023: Started all 14 games (29 tackles, 3 TFLs, INT, 5 PBUs).
  • 2024: Third-team All-SEC. Led team with 3 INTs. Tied for the team lead with 2 FFs. Started all 14 games (58 tackles, 2 TFLs with 1 sack, 3 PBUs).
  • 2025: Third-team All-SEC. Led team with 10 PBUs. Started 13 games (50 tackles, INT).
  • Miscellaneous: Brother, Donovan, played DL at Elon and Mercyhurst.

-- by Chad Reuter

Gennings Dunker headShot
Pick 32 (96)

Gennings Dunker

G Iowa
6-5 319 LBS
From Seahawks
  • 2021: Redshirted due to a foot injury suffered in high school.
  • 2022: Played in 11 games with 1 start at RG in the Music Bowl win over Kentucky.
  • 2023: Started 13 games at RT. 
  • 2024: Second-team All-Big Ten Conference. Started 11 games at RT. Missed 2 games due to injury.
  • 2025: Third-team All-Big Ten. Started all 13 games at RT. Team won the Joe Moore Award for having the nation's top OL.
  • Miscellaneous: Brother, Gage, plays football at Upper Iowa University. Gennings is a multi-time winner of the Solon (Iowa) Beef Days Hay Bale toss (threw 50-60 pound bale over a 14-foot-6 bar).

-- by Chad Reuter

Round 4

Kaden Wetjen headShot
Pick 21 (121)

Kaden Wetjen

WR Iowa
5-9 193 LBS
  • 2020-21 (Iowa Western Community College): 4-144, 2 TDs receiving; 26-416, 2 TDs PR; 3-72 KR in 7 games. 
  • 2021 (Iowa Western Community College): 18-304, TD receiving; 5-60 rushing; 31-459, 2 TDs PR; 7-129 KR in 11 games. 
  • 2022: Redshirted as a walk-on. 
  • 2023: Played in all 14 games as a reserve (14-335-23.9 KR; 7-63-9.0 PR).
  • 2024: Big Ten Conference Return Specialist of the Year, first-team All-Big Ten RS. Won The Jet Award (named after Johnny "The Jet" Rodgers) as the nation's top returner. Led the FBS with 1,055 combined return yards and 727 KR yards (26 attempts), ranked second with 328 PR yards (26 attempts), fifth with 28.0 yards per KR and eighth with 12.6 yards per PR. Played in all 13 games with 1 start (3-46-15.3 receiving; 4-33-8.3 rushing).
  • 2025: Big Ten Return Specialist of the Year, first-team All-Big Ten RS. Won The Jet Award as the nation's top returner. Led the FBS with 1,039 combined return yards and 26.8 yards per PR, ranked second with 29.8 yards per KR (16-476, TD) and tied for the FBS lead with 3 PR TDs. Played in all 13 games with 6 starts (20-151-7.6, TD receiving; 15-79-5.3, 2 TDs rushing; 21-563-26.8, 3 TDs PR). Set school record with 6 career KR/PR TDs. 

-- by Chad Reuter

Round 5

Riley Nowakowski headShot
Pick 29 (169)

Riley Nowakowski

TE Indiana
6-2 250 LBS
From Rams through Chiefs
  • 2020 (Wisconsin): Redshirted. Played in 4 games as a reserve and on special teams.
  • 2021 (Wisconsin): Played in 2 games as a reserve and on special teams.
  • 2022 (Wisconsin): Played in 13 games as a reserve and on special teams.
  • 2023 (Wisconsin): Played in 9 games with 1 start (7-57-8.1, TD receiving).
  • 2024 (Wisconsin): Played in all 12 games with 9 starts (11-74-6.7 receiving). 
  • 2025: Third-team All-Big Ten Conference. Started all 16 games for the national champions (32-387-12.1, 2 TDs receiving; 2-2-1.0, 2 TDs rushing).

-- by Chad Reuter

Round 6

Pick 29 (210)

Gabe Rubio

DE Notre Dame
6-5 321 LBS
From Rams through Chiefs

Round 7

Robert Spears-Jennings headShot
Pick 8 (224)

Robert Spears-Jennings

SAF Oklahoma
6-1 205 LBS
From Saints through Patriots
  • 2022: Played in the final 9 games as a reserve (15 tackles, 0.5 TFL).
  • 2023: Played in 12 games with 2 starts (38 tackles, TFL, PBU).  
  • 2024: Tied for fifth in the FBS with 4 FFs. Played in all 13 games with starts in the final 11 contests (66 tackles, 5 TFLs with 2.5 sacks, INT, PBU). 
  • 2025: Played in all 13 games with 12 starts (59 tackles, 1.5 TFLs, INT, 2 PBUs, FF).

-- by Chad Reuter

Eli Heidenreich headShot
Pick 14 (230)

Eli Heidenreich

RB Navy
6-0 198 LBS
From Colts
  • 2022: Did not play. Academies do not award redshirts.
  • 2023: Led team with 382 receiving yards (20.1 per), 4 receiving TDs. Tied for the team lead with 19 receptions. Played in 12 games with 4 starts (27-214-7.9, TD rushing).
  • 2024: Led team with 39 receptions, 671 receiving yards (17.2 per). Tied the school record with 6 receiving TDs. Started all 13 games (65-444-6.8, 3 TDs rushing; 9-54-6.0 PR).
  • 2025: Second-team All-American Athletic Conference WR. Led team with 51 receptions, set school single-season record with 941 receiving yards (18.5 per). Tied school record with 6 receiving TDs. Set school career records with 1,994 receiving yards, 16 receiving TDs. Started all 13 games (77-499-6.5, 3 TDs rushing).

– by Chad Reuter