If there was one thing you could expect from Kevin Colbert during his tenure as Pittsburgh Steelers’ GM, it was to focus on the FBS prospects. That’s not to say Colbert never drafted small schoolers but it was rare and when it happened, the pre-draft interest was often obvious.
In the first round, he almost exclusively drafted not just Division I players but those from the Power 5, college football’s major conferences. There was only one exception and it was a home run, drafting Miami OH QB Ben Roethlisberger 11th overall in 2004 and even then, it took the heavy hand of Dan Rooney to step up in and steer the team in the right direction.