After bypassing wide receiver with all of their seven selections, the Pittsburgh Steelers added a pair soon after the draft ended.
Roc Taylor of Memphis and Ke’Shawn Williams of Indiana joined five other prospects from other positions that the Steelers announced as having agreed to contract terms as undrafted free agents on Saturday night.
Taylor was an all-American Athletic Conference honoree as a senior, leading Memphis with 66 receptions for 950 yards in 13 games. He had 162 catches for 2,368 yards and seven touchdowns in his 43-game college career. With good size at 6-foot-2, 213-pounds, Taylor ran the 40-yard dash in 4.49 seconds at the NFL combine.
Former Tiger Roc Taylor: “It ain’t a 50-50 ball, it’s 100% my ball. I got a family to feed” https://t.co/2qFwF4OGBc pic.twitter.com/iSs8qajYiK
— Sam Shoemaker (@s_shoemaker52) April 2, 2025
Williams stands 5-9. He played four seasons at Wake Forest before transferring to Indiana under new coach Curt Cignetti. He had five touchdowns for the Hoosiers team that made the College Football Playoff.
Also joining the Steelers after the draft were Pitt kicker Ben Sauls, guard Aiden Williams of Minnesota-Duluth, fullback D.J. Thomas-Jones of South Alabama, safety Sebastian Castro of Iowa and tight end J.J. Galbreath of South Dakota.
After drafting 22 wide receivers over the previous 20 drafts and taking at least one in 17 of them, the Steelers did not take one at the position in any of the seven rounds from Thursday through Saturday. They did, however, trade their second-round pick for receiver DK Metcalf earlier this spring.
