They waited until the sixth round on Day 3 to draft Ohio State's. Will Howard with the 185th pick. But despite his low draft pick, Howard immediately showed the Steelers he was ready to play by reaching out to quarterbacks coach Tom Arth the day after the draft concluded.

Will Howard, the quarterback out of Ohio State, was the pick for the Steelers. He is fresh off of leading the Buckeyes to a national championship win last year, and his draft stock took a huge rise from where it had been at the start of the 2024 college football season.

Will Howard, once considered a fringe Day 2 to early Day 3 QB prospect, found himself unselected until the sixth round of the 2025 NFL Draft — an unforeseen circumstance the Steelers would ultimately alleviate.