How many picks do the Pittsburgh Steelers have in the 2025 NFL Draft? Here’s a full accounting of the Steelers’ draft capital in 2025, along with descriptions of conditions and potential team needs next offseason.
What Are the Pittsburgh Steelers Draft Picks in 2025?
- Round 1
- Round 2
- Round 3
- Round 4 (Conditional to CHI)
- Round 5 (from LAR)
- Round 6 (from HOU)
- Round 7 (from ATL, DEN, NO, or PHI)
- Round 7 (from ATL, DEN, NO, or PHI)
How Many Picks Do the Steelers Have in the 2025 NFL Draft?
Currently, the Steelers have 8 picks in the 2025 NFL Draft. They’ve retained their original selections in every round except in Rounds 4 and 6.
Whether the Steelers send their fourth- or sixth-round pick to the Chicago Bears is based on condition. Pittsburgh traded for long-time Bears quarterback Justin Fields in the 2024 offseason. Part of that trade came with a condition.
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If Fields plays over 51% of snaps for the Steelers in 2024, Pittsburgh will be forced to send its fourth-round pick to Chicago. If he plays less than that, the pick sent to Chicago will revert to a sixth-rounder. Thus, the Steelers will only have one of those two picks.
That said, they gained an extra fifth-round pick from the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for offensive guard Kevin Dotson. As per the terms of the Kenny Pickett trade, they’ll also gain two of the Eagles’ most favorable seventh-round picks.
Ahead of the NFL trade deadline, the Steelers sent their fifth-round pick to the New York Jets in exchange for wide receiver Mike Williams. They also sent their seventh-rounder to the Green Bay Packers for Preston Smith.
What Are the Steelers’ Biggest Needs in 2025?
Quarterback remains a long-term question mark for the Steelers. While they have two experienced starters — Russell Wilson and Justin Fields — in-house, both are only on one-year deals. Plus, each is expected to be a free agent in the 2025 offseason.
The Steelers could once again be in the QB market next year, but if Mike Tomlin’s streak of winning seasons continues, then they might not be in the best position to add a first-round quarterback in the 2025 NFL Draft. If one of Wilson or Fields plays well, however, that crisis could be averted.
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Elsewhere on offense, running back and wide receiver are also looming needs.
Outside of George Pickens, the newly acquired Mike Williams, and third-round rookie Roman Wilson, the Steelers don’t have much at WR. And at RB, Najee Harris is a pending free agent after the team declined his fifth-year option.
On the other side of the ball, defensive tackle and cornerback are once again positions that stand out as potential needs. Cameron Heyward will be a free agent after this season, and Larry Ogunjobi’s contract will expire the following year.
Meanwhile, at cornerback, Donte Jackson is a short-term fix on a one-year deal, and there’s very little proven depth behind him and Joey Porter Jr.