Pittsburgh NFL Draft Picks

171 drafted · 1968–2025

Summary

171Players Drafted

27First Rounders

Pittsburgh has produced 171 NFL draft selections between 1968–2025. The highest was Tony Dorsett, taken 2nd overall in 1977. 27 of its picks went in the first round. Larry Fitzgerald has the longest NFL career among them by games played (272). DB is the position it has sent to the NFL most often (22). 21 of these players attended more than one school; they are listed here and on each of their other programs.

All Pittsburgh NFL Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1968	5	133	TEN	Bob Longo	TE	Pittsburgh
1969	5	122	SD	Harry Orszulak	WR	Pittsburgh
1971	3	62	GB	Charles Hall	DB	Pittsburgh
1971	5	115	SD	Bryant Salter	DB	Pittsburgh
1971	7	176	CHI	Dennis Ferris	RB	Pittsburgh
1972	3	60	NO	Robert Kuziel		Pittsburgh
1972	5	119	ATL	Ralph Cindrich	LB	Pittsburgh
1975	3	55	CIN	Gary Burley	DT	Pittsburgh; Wharton County Junior College
1976	4	101	GB	Tom Perko	LB	Pittsburgh
1976	7	193	ATL	Karl Farmer	WR	Pittsburgh; Los Angeles Southwest College
1977	1	2	DAL	Tony Dorsett	RB	Pittsburgh
1977	7	185	DEN	Larry Swider	P	Pittsburgh
1977	7	194	CIN	Jim Corbett	TE	Pittsburgh
1977	11	302	LA	Carson Long	K	Pittsburgh
1977	12	314	ATL	Don Parrish	NT	Pittsburgh
1978	1	21	MIN	Randy Holloway	DE	Pittsburgh
1978	2	50	NE	Matt Cavanaugh	QB	Pittsburgh
1978	3	63	SEA	Bob Jury	S	Pittsburgh
1978	6	148	SF	Elliott Walker	RB	Pittsburgh
1978	6	160	PIT	Randy Reutershan	WR	Pittsburgh
1978	8	210	HOU	J.C. Wilson	DB	Pittsburgh; University of Tampa
1978	9	223	TB	Willie Taylor	WR	Pittsburgh
1979	2	34	TB	Gordon Jones	WR	Pittsburgh
1979	5	131	DET	Walt Brown		Pittsburgh
1979	7	190	LA	Jeff Delaney	S	Pittsburgh
1979	11	296	PHI	Al Chesley	LB	Pittsburgh
1979	12	307	TB	David Logan	NT	Pittsburgh
1980	6	141	CIN	Jo Jo Heath	DB	Pittsburgh
1980	10	276	LA	Bob Gruber	OT	Pittsburgh
1981	1	7	TB	Hugh Green	LB	Pittsburgh
1981	1	12	BAL	Randy McMillan	RB	Pittsburgh; Harford Community College
1981	1	20	WAS	Mark May	G	Pittsburgh
1981	2	51	NO	Rickey Jackson	DE	Pittsburgh
1981	3	63	LA	Greg Meisner	DE	Pittsburgh
1981	3	65	SF	Carlton Williamson	DB	Pittsburgh
1981	3	69	WAS	Russ Grimm	G	Pittsburgh
1981	5	115	NYG	Bill Neill	DT	Pittsburgh
1981	5	120	CIN	Benjie Pryor	TE	Pittsburgh
1981	5	121	SF	Lynn Thomas	CB	Pittsburgh
1981	5	128	NO	Jerry Boyarsky	NT	Pittsburgh
1981	11	292	PIT	Rick Trocano	QB	Pittsburgh
1982	7	182	PIT	Emil Boures	C	Pittsburgh
1982	11	284	SEA	Sam Clancy	DT	Pittsburgh
1983	1	6	CHI	Jimbo Covert	OT	Pittsburgh
1983	1	11	GB	Tim Lewis	DB	Pittsburgh
1983	1	27	MIA	Dan Marino	QB	Pittsburgh
1983	6	149	CLE	Dave Puzzuoli	NT	Pittsburgh
1983	6	160	GB	Ron Sams	G	Pittsburgh
1983	8	201	PHI	Rich Kraynak	LB	Pittsburgh
1983	9	230	CHI	Rob Fada	G	Pittsburgh
1983	12	320	BUF	Julius Dawkins	WR	Pittsburgh
1984	1	5	KC	Bill Maas	NT	Pittsburgh
1984	2	37	NYJ	Jim Sweeney	C	Pittsburgh
1984	3	84	LV	Joe McCall	RB	Pittsburgh
1984	5	126	GB	Tom Flynn	DB	Pittsburgh
1984	6	154	MIN	Dwight Collins	WR	Pittsburgh
1984	10	258	KC	Al Wenglikowski	LB	Pittsburgh
1985	1	2	ATL	Bill Fralic	G	Pittsburgh
1985	1	4	MIN	Chris Doleman	DE	Pittsburgh
1985	5	120	NYJ	Troy Benson	ILB	Pittsburgh
1986	1	24	LV	Bob Buczkowski	DT	Pittsburgh
1986	4	94	PIT	Bill Callahan	S	Pittsburgh
1987	4	85	IND	Randy Dixon	G	Pittsburgh
1987	4	89	GB	Lorenzo Freeman	DT	Pittsburgh
1987	7	182	MIA	Tom Brown	RB	Pittsburgh
1988	1	24	NO	Craig Heyward	RB	Pittsburgh
1988	2	48	HOU	Quintin Jones	DB	Pittsburgh
1988	5	118	NYG	Jon Carter	DE	Pittsburgh
1988	7	173	GB	Gary Richard	DB	Pittsburgh; Bakersfield College
1988	10	263	DAL	Billy Owens	DB	Pittsburgh
1989	1	8	LAC	Burt Grossman	DE	Pittsburgh
1989	1	24	PIT	Tom Ricketts	G	Pittsburgh
1989	3	57	DAL	Mark Stepnoski	C	Pittsburgh
1989	8	209	NYJ	A.B. Brown	RB	West Virginia; Pittsburgh
1989	10	256	CIN	Cornell Holloway	DB	Pittsburgh
1989	10	258	PIT	Jerry Olsavsky	LB	Pittsburgh
1990	3	62	DET	Marc Spindler	DT	Pittsburgh
1990	4	92	SF	Dean Caliguire	C	Pittsburgh
1990	4	104	MIN	Alonzo Hampton	DB	Pittsburgh; Riverside Community College
1990	6	152	KC	Tom Sims	NT	Pittsburgh; Western Michigan
1991	4	94	NYJ	Mark Gunn	DE	Pittsburgh; Merced College
1991	4	97	DAL	Curvin Richards	RB	Pittsburgh
1991	9	248	SF	Louis Riddick	DB	Pittsburgh
1992	1	3	LA	Sean Gilbert	DT	Pittsburgh
1992	2	30	LA	Steve Israel	DB	Pittsburgh
1992	4	88	CIN	Ricardo McDonald	OLB	Pittsburgh
1992	4	91	ARI	Jeff Christy	C	Pittsburgh
1992	4	99	NYG	Keith Hamilton	DT	Pittsburgh
1992	7	191	MIA	Dave Moore	TE	Pittsburgh
1993	5	125	LV	Olanda Truitt	WR	Mississippi State; Pittsburgh
1993	8	216	PIT	Alex Van Pelt	QB	Pittsburgh
1995	1	14	BUF	Ruben Brown	G	Pittsburgh
1995	3	74	NE	Curtis Martin	RB	Pittsburgh
1995	6	207	KC	Tom Barndt	DT	Pittsburgh
1996	6	176	KC	Dietrich Jells	WR	Pittsburgh
1996	6	177	HOU	Anthony Dorsett	FS	Pittsburgh
1996	6	178	CIN	Tom Tumulty	LB	Pittsburgh
2000	3	77	PIT	Hank Poteat	FS	Pittsburgh
2001	3	80	SF	Kevan Barlow	RB	Pittsburgh
2002	2	63	DAL	Antonio Bryant	WR	Pittsburgh
2002	5	153	HOU	Ramon Walker	DB	Pittsburgh
2002	5	165	CHI	Bryan Knight	LB	Pittsburgh
2003	3	70	ARI	Gerald Hayes	LB	Pittsburgh
2003	6	205	TB	Torrie Cox	DB	Pittsburgh
2003	7	261	CHI	Bryan Anderson	G	Pittsburgh
2004	1	3	ARI	Larry Fitzgerald	WR	Pittsburgh
2004	2	58	SF	Shawntae Spencer	CB	Pittsburgh
2004	2	61	KC	Kris Wilson	TE	Pittsburgh
2004	5	147	CHI	Claude Harriott	DE	Pittsburgh
2004	6	188	SF	Andy Lee	P	Pittsburgh
2004	7	247	DEN	Brandon Miree	RB	Pittsburgh; Alabama
2004				LOUSAKA POLITE	FB	Pittsburgh
2004				LEWIS MOORE	OLB	Pittsburgh
2004				ROD RUTHERFORD	QB	Pittsburgh
2005	6	209	DAL	Rob Petitti	OT	Pittsburgh
2005				Vince Crochunis	DT	Pittsburgh
2006	3	65	HOU	Charles Spencer	G	Pittsburgh
2006	6	174	NO	Josh Lay	DB	Pittsburgh
2007	1	14	NYJ	Darrelle Revis	DB	Pittsburgh
2007	4	136	IND	Clint Session	LB	Pittsburgh
2007	6	179	WAS	H.B. Blades	ILB	Pittsburgh
2007				Tyler Palko	QB	Pittsburgh
2008	1	18	BAL	Joe Flacco	QB	Delaware; Pittsburgh
2008	1	19	CAR	Jeff Otah	OT	Pittsburgh; Valley Forge Christian College
2008	4	109	PHI	Mike McGlynn	OT	Pittsburgh
2008	7	251	BUF	Kennard Cox	DB	Pittsburgh
2009	2	53	PHI	LeSean McCoy	RB	Pittsburgh
2009	5	146	SF	Scott McKillop	LB	Pittsburgh
2009	7	240	ARI	LaRod Stephens-Howling	RB	Pittsburgh
2009	7	250	JAX	Rashad Jennings	RB	Liberty; Pittsburgh
2009	7	251	CHI	Derek Kinder	WR	Pittsburgh
2010	6	182	SF	Nate Byham	TE	Pittsburgh
2010	7	227	HOU	Dorin Dickerson	TE	Pittsburgh
2011	1	26	KC	Jon Baldwin	WR	Pittsburgh
2011	1	26	KC	Jonathan Baldwin	WR	Pittsburgh
2011	2	37	CLE	Jabaal Sheard	DE	Pittsburgh
2011	5	149	PHI	Dion Lewis	RB	Pittsburgh
2011	5	150	CLE	Jason Pinkston	G	Pittsburgh
2011	7	226	NO	Greg Romeus	DE	Pittsburgh
2011	7	251	TEN	Tommie Campbell	DB	California (PA); Pittsburgh; University of Edinboro
2012				Luke Nix	OG	Pittsburgh
2012				Brandon Lindsey	OLB	Pittsburgh
2014	1	13	LA	Aaron Donald	DL	Pittsburgh
2014	4	135	HOU	Tom Savage	QB	Pittsburgh; Arizona; Rutgers
2014	5	146	DAL	Devin Street	WR	Pittsburgh
2015	4	110	MIN	T.J. Clemmings	OT	Pittsburgh
2016	2	55	CIN	Tyler Boyd	WR	Pittsburgh
2017	3	105	PIT	James Conner	RB	Pittsburgh
2017	4	115	ARI	Dorian Johnson	G	Pittsburgh
2017	5	171	BUF	Nathan Peterman	QB	Pittsburgh; Tennessee
2017	6	200	NYG	Adam Bisnowaty	OT	Pittsburgh
2017	7	234	LA	Ejuan Price	LB	Pittsburgh
2017				Scott Orndoff	TE	Pittsburgh
2018	2	62	MIN	Brian O'Neill	OT	Pittsburgh
2018	4	117	TB	Jordan Whitehead	FS	Pittsburgh
2018	4	125	PHI	Avonte Maddox	CB	Pittsburgh
2018				Jester Weah	WR	Pittsburgh
2018				Jaryd Jones-Smith	OG	Pittsburgh
2018				Quadree Henderson	WR	Pittsburgh
2019	5	152	ATL	Qadree Ollison	RB	Pittsburgh
2020	7	239	BUF	Dane Jackson	CB	Pittsburgh
2021	3	90	MIN	Patrick Jones II	LB	Pittsburgh
2021	4	135	TEN	Rashad Weaver	LB	Pittsburgh
2021	5	175	NYJ	Jason Pinnock	SAF	Pittsburgh
2021	6	199	MIN	Jaylen Twyman	DT	Pittsburgh
2021	6	212	BUF	Damar Hamlin	SAF	Pittsburgh
2021	7	230	LV	Jimmy Morrissey	C	Pittsburgh
2021				Paris Ford	S	Pittsburgh
2022	1	20	PIT	Kenny Pickett	QB	Pittsburgh
2022	4	115	DEN	Damarri Mathis	DB	Pittsburgh
2023	1	19	TB	Calijah Kancey	DT	Pittsburgh
2023	1	23	MIN	Jordan Addison	WR	USC; Pittsburgh
2023	4	120	NYJ	Carter Warren	OT	Pittsburgh
2023	5	143	NYJ	Israel Abanikanda	RB	Pittsburgh
2023	5	153	TB	SirVocea Dennis	LB	Pittsburgh
2023	6	208	JAX	Erick Hallett	SAF	Pittsburgh
2023	7	248	HOU	Brandon Hill	SAF	Pittsburgh
2024	3	79	IND	Matt Goncalves	OT	Pittsburgh
2024	5	170	NO	Bub Means	WR	Pittsburgh; Louisiana Tech
2024	7	229	LV	MJ Devonshire	DB	Pittsburgh; Kentucky
2025	6	199	LAC	Branson Taylor	G	Pittsburgh
2025	6	202	MIN	Gavin Bartholomew	TE	Pittsburgh
2025	7	242	LA	Konata Mumpfield	WR	Pittsburgh; Akron