It’s been 18 years since the Pittsburgh Steelers have selected a cornerback in the first-round of an NFL Draft, but NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock is predicting that streak to end in 2015.
During his annual mock draft Wednesday night, Mayock has the Steelers selecting Connecticut cornerback Byron Jones with the 22nd overall selection in the first-round of the 2015 NFL Draft.
Mayock has Jones as his third cornerback taken in his one and only mock draft of 2015 as only Michigan State’s Trae Waynes and Wake Forest product Kevin Johnson were the ones selected earlier.
As you will notice in the full listing of Mayock’s picks below, Washington cornerback Marcus Peters fell to the Baltimore Ravens at 26th overall. Additionally, Nebraska edge-rusher Randy Gregory fell all the way to the bottom of the first round to the New England Patriots while Missouri edge-rusher Shane Ray wasn’t selected at all by Mayock.
1 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers – QB Jameis Winston
2 – Tennessee Titans – QB Marcus Mariota
3 – Jacksonville Jaguars – EDGE Dante Fowler Jr.
4 – Oakland Raiders – WR Amari Cooper
5 – Washington Redskins – DT Leonard Williams
6 – New York Jets – WR Kevin White
7 – Chicago Bears – CB Trae Waynes
8 – Atlanta Falcons – EDGE Alvin Dupree
9 – New York Giants – T Brandon Scherff
10 – St. Louis Rams – T Ereck Flowers
11 – Minnesota Vikings – WR DeVante Parker
12 – Cleveland Browns – DT Danny Shelton
13 – New Orleans Saints – EDGE Vic Beasley
14 – Miami Dolphins – CB Kevin Johnson
15 – San Francisco 49ers – DE Arik Armstead
16 – Houston Texans – WR Breshad Perriman
17 – San Diego Chargers – RB Todd Gurley
18 – Kansas City Chiefs – C Cameron Erving
19 – Cleveland Browns – RB Melvin Gordon
20 – Philadelphia Eagles – S Damarious Randall
21 – Cincinnati Bengals – DT Malcom Brown
22 – Pittsburgh Steelers – CB Byron Jones
23 – Detroit Lions – T Andrus Peat
24 – Arizona Cardinals – T D. J. Humphries
25 – Carolina Panthers – T T.J. Clemmings
26 – Baltimore Ravens – CB Marcus Peters
27 – Dallas Cowboys – S Landon Collins
28 – Denver Broncos – T Jake Fisher
29 – Indianapolis Colts – T Cedric Ogbuehi
30 – Green Bay Packers – LB Denzel Perryman
31 – New Orleans Saints – WR Dorial Green-Beckham
32 – New England Patriots – EDGE Randy Gregory
