{"id":133860,"date":"2026-03-09T22:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/133860\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T22:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:11:09","slug":"steelers-earn-four-2026-nfl-draft-compensatory-picks-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/133860\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers Earn Four 2026 NFL Draft Compensatory Picks \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 This article originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SteelersNOW.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Pittsburgh Steelers were officially awarded four compensatory selections in the <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/nfl-draft\/2026-nfl-draft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NFL Draft<\/a>, bringing their total draft haul to 12 picks in this year\u2019s draft, which will take place in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">NFL teams receive compensatory draft picks when they lose more in free agency than they acquire, and that\u2019s what happened to the Steelers in the 2025 offseason, when the Steelers lost seven countable free agents and signed just three.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Departures working in the Steelers\u2019 favor in the comp pick formula were <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/dan-moore\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Moore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/justin-fields\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Fields<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/russell-wilson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russell Wilson,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/donte-jackson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donte Jackson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/james-daniels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Daniels<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/najee-harris\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Najee Harris<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/elandon-roberts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elandon Roberts<\/a>. Offsetting them on the other side of the ledger were <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/brandin-echols\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandin Echols<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/malik-harrison\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malik Harrison <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/mason-rudolph\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Rudolph<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-earn-four-2026-nfl-draft-compensatory-picks\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-earn-four-2026-nfl-draft-compensatory-picks\/\">Click here to read more from SteelersNOW.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 This article originally appeared on SteelersNOW.com. 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