When speaking in NFL terms, the quarterback position is all about notoriety and being the face of a franchise. The majority of quarterbacks across the league, and especially the highly successful ones, were high-round draft picks, sporting accolade-filled college careers and pedigree.
The Steelers were no different in this past draft, being tasked with the unenviable position of replacing their franchise guy, and future first-ballot Hall Of Famer Ben Roethlisberger. They did so in the first round, selecting local Pitt product and Heisman Trophy finalist Kenny Pickett. However, they weren’t done there, as they rounded out their draft selecting Chris Oladokun, by way of South Dakota State, Samford, where he was the successor to Devlin “Duck” Hodges, and South Florida.