{"id":174559,"date":"2026-04-24T04:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/174559\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:34:11","slug":"photos-steelers-first-round-draft-pick-max-iheanachor-playing-college-football-at-arizona-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/174559\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Steelers first round draft pick Max Iheanachor playing college football at Arizona State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Arizona State offensive lineman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/max-iheanachor-steelers-first-round-pick-2026-nfl-draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Max Iheanachor<\/a> with the 21st pick in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/live-updates\/2026-nfl-draft-pittsburgh-events-traffic-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 NFL draft<\/a> on Thursday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/steelers-draft-picks-tracker-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Steelers<\/a> took Iheanachor to help address their offensive line depth, which was one of their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/pittsburgh-steelers-2026-nfl-draft-needs\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">draft needs<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iheanachor was one of the best offensive tackles in all of college football at Arizona State.<\/p>\n<p>Here are photos of his time playing for the Sun Devils.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gettyimages-2184764763.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"COLLEGE FOOTBALL: NOV 16 Arizona State at Kansas State \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  MANHATTAN, KS &#8211; NOVEMBER 16: Arizona State Sun Devils offensive lineman Max Iheanachor (58) looks to block as quarterback Sam Leavitt (10) starts to run in the fourth quarter of a Big 12 game between the Arizona State Sun Devils and Kansas State Wildcats on November 16, 2024 at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, KS.<\/p>\n<p>                Scott Winters\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gettyimages-2183642813.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Arizona State v Oklahoma State \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  STILLWATER, OK &#8211; NOVEMBER 2:  Running back Cam Skattebo #4 is helped off the field by right tackle Max Iheanachor #58 of the Arizona State Sun Devils after scoring a touchdown against the Oklahoma State Cowboys with 21 seconds left in the second quarter at Boone Pickens Stadium on November 2, 2024 in Stillwater, Oklahoma.  Arizona State won 42-21.<\/p>\n<p>                Brian Bahr \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gettyimages-2187757104.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Arizona State v Arizona \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  TUCSON, ARIZONA &#8211; NOVEMBER 30: Running back Cam Skattebo #4 of the Arizona State Sun Devils celebrates with offensive lineman Max Iheanachor #58 after scoring a touchdown against the Arizona Wildcats during the first half of the NCAAF game at Arizona Stadium on November 30, 2024 in Tucson, Arizona. The Suns Devils defeated the Wildcats 49-7.<\/p>\n<p>                Kelsey Grant \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gettyimages-2174028632.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Arizona State v Texas Tech \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  LUBBOCK, TEXAS &#8211; SEPTEMBER 21: Max Iheanachor #58 of the Arizona State Sun Devils lines up during the first half of the game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Jones AT&amp;T Stadium on September 21, 2024 in Lubbock, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>                John E. Moore III \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gettyimages-2174028636.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Arizona State v Texas Tech \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  LUBBOCK, TEXAS &#8211; SEPTEMBER 21: Max Iheanachor #58 of the Arizona State Sun Devils prepares to block during the first half of the game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Jones AT&amp;T Stadium on September 21, 2024 in Lubbock, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>                John E. Moore III \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gettyimages-2186532256.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"BYU v Arizona State \" height=\"798\" width=\"620\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  TEMPE, ARIZONA &#8211; NOVEMBER 23: Cam Skattebo #4 of the Arizona State Sun Devils is hoisted by Max Iheanachor #58 after scoring on a 23-yard touchdown against the Brigham Young Cougars during the first half of the NCAAF game at Mountain America Stadium on November 23, 2024 in Tempe, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>                Christian Petersen \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Arizona State offensive lineman Max Iheanachor with the 21st pick in the 2026 NFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6743,3537,73,75,74,1833],"class_list":{"0":"post-174559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-college-football","9":"tag-nfl-draft","10":"tag-pittsburgh","11":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","12":"tag-pittsburgh-news","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}