The Pittsburgh Steelers collegiate scouting staff has been busy over the first three weeks of the 2024 college football season, and there’s a clear pattern emerging among the players the Steelers have seen in person. Through the first three weeks of the season, the Steelers have had scouts taking a look at four of the top seven quarterback prospects in the 2025 NFL Draft class, and one of them twice.
According to NFL Mock Draft Database, the top seven quarterbacks in next year’s draft class are Georgia’s Carson Beck, Colorado’s Sheduer Sanders, Texas’ Quinn Ewers, Miami’s Cam Ward, Texas A&M’s Conner Weigman, Alabama’s Jalen Milroe and Penn State’s Drew Allar.
The Steelers scouted Allar and Penn State during their Week 1 game at West Virginia, and also Sanders’ season opener against North Dakota State. In Week 2, the Steelers sent scouts to Texas play Michigan, catching up with Ewers. This past week, Steelers scout saw Sanders again during Colorado vs. Colorado State, as well as Milroe against lower-tier prospect Tyler Van Dyke from Wisconsin, and projected Day Three pick Noah Fifita from Arizona.
The Steelers do not have a quarterback under contract for the 2025 season, so no matter what happens with Justin Fields or Russell Wilson this season, they will almost certainly be in the market to select a quarterback at some point in the 2025 NFL Draft. Where that comes will have as much to do with how Fields and Wilson do as the perceived quality of the draft class, and where general manager Omar Khan might be able to find value at the position.
The Steelers have also hit multiple top talents at two other positions, as well. They’ve seen three of the top six wide receivers in Arizona’s Tetairoa McMillan, Texas’ Isaiah Bond and Colorado State’s Tory Horton. They’ve also seen three of the top five cornerbacks early on, getting a good look at Colorado’s Travis Hunter, Michigan’s Will Johnson and Arizona’s Tacario Davis.
Of course, there Steelers likely scouted more than the eight games where their presence was reported, and the order at the top of the consensus big board will probably change a lot between now and next April.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS WEEK 3 SCOUT REPORT
Colorado – Colorado State
Pitt – West Virginia
Alabama – Wisconsin
Kansas State – Arizona
Top 100 Prospects Scouted:
1 CB Travis Hunter, Colorado
4 WR Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona
7 QB Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
25 IOL Jonah Savaiinaea, Arizona
28 CB Tacario Davis, Arizona
38 IOL Tyler Booker, Alabama
48 QB Jalen Milroe, Alabama
55 WR Tory Holton, Colorado State
56 OT Wyatt Milum, West Virginia
73 IOL Parker Brailsford, Alabama
93 OT Jack Nelson, Wisconsin
PITTSBURGH STEELERS WEEK 2 SCOUT REPORT
Top 100 Prospects Scouted:
3 CB Will Johnson, Michigan
5 DL Mason Graham, Michigan
15 OT Kelvin Banks, Texas
17 TE Colson Loveland, Michigan
21 QB Quinn Ewers, Texas
22 DL Kenneth Grant, Michigan
39 WR Isaiah Bond, Texas
69 S Rod Moore, Michigan
87 S Andrew Mukuba, Texas
96 CB Jahdae Barron, Texas
102 RB Donovan Edwards, Michigan
PITTSBURGH STEELERS WEEK 1 SCOUT REPORT
Penn State – West Virginia
Stanford-TCU
Colorado – North Dakota St
Minnesota – North Carolina
Top 100 Prospects Scouted:
1 CB Travis Hunter, Colorado
7 QB Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
16 EDGE Abdul Carter, Penn State
42 OT Aireontea Ersery, Minnesota
43 S Kevin Winston Jr., Penn State
49 QB Drew Allar, Penn State
50 RB Omarion Hampton, North Carolina
56 OT Wyatt Milum, West Virginia
70 EDGE Dani Dennis-Sutton, Penn State
79 WR Elic Ayomanor, Stanford
81 RB RB Nick Singleton, Penn Sate