The Steelers have developed in recent years an uncanny ability to find quality receivers in the mid-to-late rounds of the draft.
Since wasting a second-round pick on Limas Sweed in 2008, the Steelers have consistently found great receivers without picking any in the first two rounds, from third-rounder Mike Wallace in 2009 to third-rounder Emmanuel Sanders in 2010 to sixth-rounder Antonio Brown in 2010 to third-rounder Markus Wheaton in 2013 to fourth-rounder Martavis Bryant in 2014. Now, with Wallace and Sanders long gone via free agency and Bryant serving a one-year suspension, 2015 third-rounder Sammie Coates has a chance to shine.