Free agency hit the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers hard. Ray-Ray McCloud, James Washington and JuJu Smith-Schuster all left for other teams, leaving the Steelers with only two viable options left on the roster.
To combat this, the Steelers drafted not one but two wide receivers in the 2022 NFL draft. First, the team selected former Georgia star George Pickens in the second round. They then followed it up by drafting speedster Calvin Austin III out of Memphis in the fourth round.