Moving ahead with our 2025 edition of “what the Pittsburgh Steelers look for” with the running backs. It’s been a few years since we’ve examined the position in such a study, knowing the team wouldn’t – and haven’t – drafted a running back the last two years.
That’ll change this year and makes the study worth checking out. As always, we’re studying past Steelers’ draft trends in the Mike Tomlin era to determine physical and athletic thresholds at the position. From there, we’ll see which 2025 prospects fit best.
The draft history is below, followed by our criteria and the prospects.