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.

Speaking to Devin Jackson of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Howard’s mother, Maureen, says he wanted to go to work right away when he was drafted on Saturday. The Steelers coaches gave him the weekend off, but Howard was already at work that Monday.

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.