After an off-season filled with an extraordinary amount of rumors and predictions surrounding Pittsburgh’s first-round pick, the Steelers seem to have their Successor to Ben Roethlisberger. The Steelers selected the first quarterback of the night, Kenny Pickett, with the 20th overall pick. GM Kevin Colbert, HC Mike Tomlin, and company had every option at QB available to them and decided to go with the 23-year-old Pittsburgh University product.
The Steelers are quite familiar with Kenny Pickett as Mike Tomlin stated in his press conference after drafting the young QB, “We circled the globe, or at least the United States the last several months exploring and researching and it’s funny, we ended up with the guy from next door.” The Steelers truly did end up with the “guy next door” as they share a practice facility with Pitt.
Kenny Pickett is from Oakhurst, New Jersey. He came out of high school as a 3-Star recruit and attended the University of Pittsburgh.
In 2021, Pickett was outstanding as the Pittsburgh Panthers QB. He won both the ACC Player of the Year and the ACC Offensive Player of the Year awards. After 4 years of up and down play, he found his groove and threw for 4,319 yards and 42 touchdowns last season. Pickett also had over 200 yards rushing, 5 rushing touchdowns, and finished third in Heisman voting. The 6’3 QB clocked a 4.73 40-yard dash, which was third best among his position group.
Kenny Pickett joins Dan Marino as one of the only two Pitt quarterbacks to be chosen in the first-round of the NFL Draft.
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