{"id":530785,"date":"2026-03-10T09:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/530785\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T09:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:58:08","slug":"steelers-2026-nfl-draft-compensatory-picks-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/530785\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers&#8217; 2026 NFL Draft compensatory picks revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a day filled with <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/steelers-signing-wr-michael-pittman-171240737.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:exciting signings and trades;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;exciting signings and trades&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exciting signings and trades<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/pittsburgh-steelers-sign-running-back-015244567.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pittsburgh Steelers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Pittsburgh Steelers&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> announced some important <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/steelers-pre-draft-top-30-224557768.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:2026 NFL Draft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;2026 NFL Draft&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NFL Draft<\/a> news.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelers.com\/news\/steelers-awarded-four-compensatory-picks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers revealed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Steelers revealed&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Steelers revealed<\/a> on Monday that the NFL had awarded them four compensatory picks for the 2026 NFL Draft: a third-, a fourth-, and two sixth-round selections.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Their picks are the 35th of the third round (99th overall), the 35th of the fourth round (135th overall), the 33rd of the sixth round (214th overall), and the 35th of the sixth round (216th overall).<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh gained these compensatory picks based on a formula that heavily considers free agency additions and losses from the previous year. The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Steelers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Steelers<\/a> lost Najee Harris, Russell Wilson, James Daniels, Justin Fields, Donte Jackson, Dan Moore, and Elandon Roberts, but gained Brandin Echols, Malik Harrison, and Mason Rudolph in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>No strangers to making excellent decisions with their comp picks, the Steelers have really hit on some of these selections \u2014 such as Hines Ward in 1998, William Gay in 2007, Vince Williams in 2013, James Conner in 2017, and Alex Highsmith in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>With their total 2026 picks increasing to 12 selections, the Steelers will have every opportunity to make the most out of their upcoming draft class.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>For up-to-date\u00a0Steelers\u00a0coverage, including any offseason moves, follow us on X\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheSteelersWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@TheSteelersWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@TheSteelersWire&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@TheSteelersWire<\/a>\u00a0and give our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SteelersWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook page;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook page&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0a like.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2026\/03\/10\/steelers-awarded-compensatory-picks-2026-nfl-draft\/89074365007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers awarded four compensatory picks for 2026 NFL Draft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Steelers awarded four compensatory picks for 2026 NFL Draft&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Steelers awarded four compensatory picks for 2026 NFL Draft<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On a day filled with exciting signings and trades, the Pittsburgh Steelers announced some important 2026 NFL Draft&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[17076,104986,64,63,206392,178868,109538,187842,3749,86716,5368,91129,51277,15009,593,10028,1241,1275,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-530785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-alex-highsmith","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-brandin-echols","13":"tag-dan-moore","14":"tag-donte-jackson","15":"tag-elandon-roberts","16":"tag-james-conner","17":"tag-james-daniels","18":"tag-justin-fields","19":"tag-malik-harrison","20":"tag-mason-rudolph","21":"tag-najee-harris","22":"tag-nfl","23":"tag-nfl-draft","24":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","25":"tag-russell-wilson","26":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}