The Pittsburgh Steelers have the 22nd pick in the 2015 NFL Draft that will be held April 30-May 2 at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University in Chicago.
The Steelers have a total of eight selections in the 80th Annual Draft, including their own selection in each of the Draft's seven rounds. One of the Steelers eight selections is a compensatory pick, following the sixth round. This is the sixth time in league history the NFL will conduct a three-day draft and the 22nd consecutive year for the seven-round format with a total of 256 draft picks.
The Draft begins Thursday, April 30, at 8 p.m., and only the first round will be completed on the first day. The second and third rounds will take place on Friday, May 1, beginning at 7 p.m. The final four rounds will take place on Saturday, May 2, beginning at Noon. Teams are allotted 10 minutes for each selection in the first round and seven minutes in the second round. Five minutes are permitted for the third through sixth rounds. Four minutes will be allowed between selections in the seventh round and for all compensatory selections.
For the 10th consecutive year, two networks will be televising the Draft in its entirety. NFL Network, which is airing the Draft for the ninth time, will televise all three days of the Draft while ESPN/ESPN2 will continue their annual coverage of the entire draft through its conclusion. Additionally, the Steelers' official web site (www.steelers.com) and NFL.com will have exclusive coverage and behind-the-scenes features. Steelers Nation Radio and ESPN 970, as well as Sirius NFL Radio will broadcast the entire draft as well.
DRAFT NOTES: Twenty-seven top prospects are confirmed to attend the 2015 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University in Chicago…Denver, Kansas City and Seattle lead all teams with four compensatory selections each…In 79 previous Drafts, the Steelers have selected in the first round in all but seven…Seven of last year's nine Steelers draft selections are currently on the roster…Four of the Steelers' 2014 draft selections made at least one start last season and combined to start a total of 13 regular season games…Dating back to 2010, the Steelers have selected 10 players in the first and second round and nine are on the current roster.
STEELERS 2015 DRAFT SELECTIONS:1-22; 2-56; 3-87; 4-121; 5-160; 6-199; 6-212; 7-239
STEELERS DRAFT NOTES:
MOST CHOICES:
All-Time: 30 were chosen in each draft from 1943-48.
Modern Era: 22 in 1971 (11 off., 10 def., 1 sp.); 1976 (12 off., 10 def.)
FEWEST CHOICES:
All-Time: 5 in 2003 (2 off., 3 def.)
Modern Era: 5 in 2003 (2 off., 3 def.)
HIGHEST CHOICE:
First overall choice in Draft: 1956 (DB Gary Glick); 1970 (QB Terry Bradshaw)
LATEST FIRST CHOICE:
Eighth round in 1959 and 1963
FIRST-ROUND DRAFT CHOICES BY POSITION: (since 1970)
- 8 Offensive Linemen (1986, 89, 92, 96, 98, 02, 10, 12)
- 7 Defensive Backs (1973, 75, 78, 87, 93, 97, 03)
- 7 Wide Receivers (1971, 74, 84, 94, 99, 00, 06)
- 7 Defensive Linemen (1981, 83, 85, 88, 01, 09, 11)
- 5 Linebackers (1977, 91, 07, 13, 14)
- 5 Running Backs (1972, 79, 82, 89, 09)
- 4 Tight Ends (1976, 90, 95, 05)
- 3 Quarterbacks (1970, 80, 04)
STEELERS DRAFTS SINCE 2007 (Head Coach Mike Tomlin's First Year)
| YEAR | RD | PLAYER | POS. | SCHOOL |
| 2014 | (15th overall) | |||
| 1 | Ryan Shazier | LB | Ohio State | |
| 2 | Stephon Tuitt | DE | Notre Dame | |
| 3 | Dri Archer | WR/RB | Kent State (Compensatory selection) | |
| 4 | Martavis Bryant | WR | Clemson | |
| 5a | Shaquille Richardson | CB | Arizona | |
| 5b | Wesley Johnson | OL | Vanderbilt (compensatory selection | |
| 6a | Jordan Zumwalt | LB | UCLA | |
| 6b | Daniel McCullers | DL | Tennessee (compensatory selection) | |
| 7 | Rob Blanchflower | TE | Massachusetts | |
| YEAR | RD | PLAYER | POS. | SCHOOL |
| 2013 | (17th overall) | |||
| 1 | Jarvis Jones | OLB | Georgia | |
| 2 | Le'Veon Bell | RB | Michigan State | |
| 3 | Markus Wheaton | WR | Oregon State | |
| 4a | Shamarko Thomas | S | Syracuse (acquired 14th pick in the fourth round [111th overall] via a trade with Cleveland. The Steelers traded their 2014 third-round selection to Cleveland in return) | |
| 4b | Landry Jones | QB | Oklahoma | |
| 5 | Terry Hawthorne | CB | Illinois | |
| 6a | Justin Brown | WR | Oklahoma | |
| 6b | Vince Williams | LB | Florida State (compensatory selection) | |
| 7 | Nick Williams | DT | Samford | |
| YEAR | RD | PLAYER | POS. | SCHOOL |
| 2012 | (24th overall) | |||
| 1 | David DeCastro | OG | Stanford | |
| 2 | Mike Adams | OT | Ohio State | |
| 3 | Sean Spence | LB | Miami (Fla.) | |
| 4 | Alameda Ta'amu | DT | Washington (traded original fourth-round selection [119th overall] and sixth-round selection [193rd overall] to Washington in return for the 109th overall pick) | |
| 5 | Chris Rainey | RB | Florida | |
| 7a | Toneny Clemons | WR | Colorado | |
| 7b | David Paulson | TE | Oregon (compensatory selection) | |
| 7c | Terrence Frederick | CB | Texas A&M (compensatory selection) | |
| 7d | Kelvin Beachum | OG | SMU (compensatory selection) | |
| YEAR | RD | PLAYER | POS. | SCHOOL |
| 2011 | (31st overall) | |||
| 1 | Cameron Heyward | DE | Ohio State | |
| 2 | Marcus Gilbert | OT | Florida | |
| 3 | Curtis Brown | CB | Texas | |
| 4 | Cortez Allen | CB | The Citadel | |
| 5 | Chris Carter | LB | Fresno State | |
| 6 | Keith Williams | OG | Nebraska | |
| 7 | Baron Batch | RB | Texas Tech | |
| YEAR | RD | PLAYER | POS. | SCHOOL |
| 2010 | (18th overall) | |||
| 1 | Maurkice Pouncey | C | Florida | |
| 2 | Jason Worilds | LB | Virginia Tech | |
| 3 | Emmanuel Sanders | WR | SMU | |
| 4 | Thaddeus Gibson | LB | Ohio State | |
| 5a | Chris Scott | OT | Tennessee | |
| 5b | Crezdon Butler | CB | Clemson (compensatory selection) | |
| 5c | Stevenson Sylvester | LB | Utah (acquired the 35th pick in the fifth round and CB Bryant McFadden via a trade with the Arizona Cardinals for the 24th pick in the fifth round) | |
| 6a | Jonathan Dwyer | RB | Georgia Tech | |
| 6b | Antonio Brown | WR | Central Michigan (compensatory selection) | |
| 7 | Doug Worthington | DT | Ohio State | |
| YEAR | RD | PLAYER | POS. | SCHOOL |
| 2009 | (32nd overall) | |||
| 1 | Ziggy Hood | DE | Missouri | |
| 3a | Kraig Urbik | OG | Wisconsin (acquired via a trade with Denver in return for the 15th pick in the third round and the 20th pick in the third round) | |
| 3b | Mike Wallace | WR | Mississippi | |
| 3c | Keenan Lewis | CB | Oregon State | |
| 5a | Joe Burnett | CB | Central Florida | |
| 5b | Frank Summers | RB | UNLV | |
| 6 | Sunny Harris | DT | Oregon | |
| 7a | A.Q. Shipley | C | Penn State (traded from pick 123 to 130 with the N.Y. Giants, and also received Giants' sixth-round choice) | |
| 7b | David Johnson | TE | Arkansas State | |
| YEAR | RD | PLAYER | POS. | SCHOOL |
| 2008 | (23rd overall) | |||
| 1 | Rashard Mendenhall | RB | Illinois | |
| 2 | Limas Sweed | WR | Texas | |
| 3 | Bruce Davis | LB | UCLA | |
| 4 | Tony Hills | OT | Texas (traded from pick 123 to 130 with the N.Y. Giants, and also received Giants' sixth-round choice) | |
| 5 | Dennis Dixon | QB | Oregon | |
| 6a | Mike Humpal | LB | Iowa | |
| 6b | Ryan Mundy | S | West Virginia | |
| YEAR | RD | PLAYER | POS. | SCHOOL |
| 2007 | (15th overall) | |||
| 1 | Lawrence Timmons | LB | Florida State | |
| 2 | LaMarr Woodley | LB | Michigan | |
| 3 | Matt Spaeth | TE | Minnesota | |
| 4a | Daniel Sepulveda | P | Baylor (acquired via a trade with Green Bay in return for the 20th pick in the fourth round and the 18th pick in the sixth round) | |
| 4b | Ryan McBean | DE | Oklahoma State | |
| 5a | Cameron Stephenson | OG | Rutgers | |
| 5b | William Gay | CB | Louisville | |
| 7 | Dallas Baker | WR | Florida | |
STEELERS FIRST-ROUND DRAFT SELECTIONS (1969-2013)
| 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) Tom Ricketts (24) | RB OT | Georgia 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) | OLB | Georgia |
| 2014 | Ryan Shazier (15) | LB | Ohio State |
