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Don't miss the excitement of the 2015 Steelers Fan Blitz, presented by Xfinity! This year's draft day event will be held on Saturday, May 2, from 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Heinz Field.
Tickets for the entire day at Heinz Field are $12 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Tickets are on sale now at all Ticketmaster Outlets and the Steelers Sideline Stores at:
- Westmoreland Mall
- Pittsburgh Mills
- Premium Outlets at Grove City
- South Hills Village
One Steelers Nation Unite member will be chosen on-site to announce a 2015 Steelers draft pick live on NFL Network from this year's Fan Blitz! Join Steelers Nation Unite, check-in at Heinz Field using the Steelers mobile app and you could be selected!
**
2015 NFL Draft Facts & Figures**
- The 2015 NFL Draft will take place April 30-May 2 in Chicago.
- The first round kicks off on Thursday, April 30 at 8 p.m. (ET), and continues with the second and third rounds on Friday, May 1 at 7 p.m. (ET). It concludes on Saturday, May 2 with rounds four-seven starting at 12 noon (ET).
- The Steelers have eight picks in this year's draft, one each in the first six rounds and two in the seventh round courtesy of a compensatory pick.
- Since the inception of compensatory picks the Steelers have received 24 of them.
- The Steelers have the 22nd overall pick in the first round.
- The highest the Steelers have ever selected in the first round in number one overall. That occurred twice, once in 1956 when they selected defensive back Gary Glick, and again in 1970 when the team selected quarterback Terry Bradshaw.
- The most draft choices the Steelers ever had was 30 in each draft from 1943-48. Since the NFL's modern era, the most selections were 22 in both 1971 and 1976.
- The fewest draft choices the Steelers had happened in 2003 when they only had five draft picks.
- The breakdown of first round draft picks since the 1970 draft plays out as follows by position: offensive linemen (8); defensive back, wide receivers and defensive linemen (7); running backs and linebackers (5); tight ends (4); and quarterbacks (3).
STEELERS FIRST-ROUND DRAFT SELECTIONS (1969-2014)
YEAR
NAME
POSITION
COLLEGE
1969
Joe Greene (4)
DT
North Texas State
1970
Terry Bradshaw (1)
QB
Louisiana Tech
1971
Frank Lewis (8)
WR
Grambling
1972
Franco Harris (13)
RB
Penn State
1973
James Thomas (24)
DB
Florida State
1974
Lynn Swann (21)
WR
Southern California
1975
Dave Brown (26)
DB
Michigan
1976
Bennie Cunningham (28)
TE
Clemson
1977
Robin Cole (21)
LB
New Mexico
1978
Ron Johnson (22)
CB
Eastern Michigan
1979
Greg Hawthorne (28)
RB
Baylor
1980
Mark Malone (28)
QB
Arizona State
1981
Keith Gary (17)
DE
Oklahoma
1982
Walter Abercrombie (12)
RB
Baylor
1983
Gabriel Rivera (21)
NT
Texas Tech
1984
Louis Lipps (23)
WR
Southern Mississippi
1985
Darryl Sims (20)
DE
Wisconsin
1986
John Reinstra (9)
G
Temple
1987
Rod Woodson (10)
CB
Purdue
1988
Aaron Jones (18)
DE
Eastern Kentucky
1989 (2)
Tim Worley (7)
RB
Georgia
Tom Ricketts (24)
OT
Pittsburgh
1990
Eric Green (21)
TE
Liberty
1991
Huey Richardson (15)
LB
Florida
1992
Leon Searcy (11)
OT
Miami
1993
Deon Figures (23)
CB
Colorado
1994
Charles Johnson (17)
WR
Colorado
1995
Mark Bruener (27)
TE
Washington
1996
Jamain Stephens (29)
OT
North Carolina A&T
1997
Chad Scott (24)
CB
Maryland
1998
Alan Faneca (26)
OG
Louisiana State
1999
Troy Edwards (13)
WR
Louisiana Tech
2000
Plaxico Burress (8)
WR
Michigan State
2001
Casey Hampton (19)
NT
Texas
2002
Kendall Simmons (30)
OG
Auburn
2003
Troy Polamalu (16)
S
USC
2004
Ben Roethlisberger (11)
QB
Miami (Ohio)
2005
Heath Miller (30)
TE
Virginia
2006
Santonio Holmes (25)
WR
Ohio State
2007
Lawrence Timmons (15)
LB
Florida State
2008
Rashard Mendenhall (23)
RB
Illinois
2009
Ziggy Hood (32)
DE
Missouri
2010
Maurkice Pouncey (18)
C
Florida
2011
Cameron Heyward (31)
DE
Ohio State
2012
David DeCastro (24)
OG
Stanford
2013
Jarvis Jones (17)
LB
Georgia
2014
Ryan Shazier (15)
LB
Ohio State
