The last time the Pittsburgh Steelers made a selection inside of the top 20 picks of the first round of a draft was in 2014 when they added Ohio State inside linebacker Ryan Shazier with the 15th-overall picks. They were able to draft they high by virtue of the fact that they finished 8-8 the previous year, missing the postseason.
The last time the Steelers selected a player with a top 10 pick nearly comes before General Manager Kevin Colbert’s time. Pittsburgh had a losing record in 1999 that gave them the eighth-overall pick in Colbert’s first season with the team in 2000, when they would use that selection on wide receiver Plaxico Burress.