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With the 24th pick in the 2012 Dawgs By Nature Community Mock Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers select...
Donta Hightower, LB, Alabama
This selection and write-up was made by rdy:
I believe the Steelers will take Hightower here even though they need O-line help the most. I was tempted to take a Rb but the Steelers are not known for drafting skill players in the 1st round. They also need a NT but with Dontari Poe gone I think they take the 2nd highest rated inside LB.
Although there are some concerns over his speed, Hightower is a very smart LB with experience in the 3-4. With the departure of Farrior he would be a solid option next to Timmons and would be able to make an impact as a rookie. With the history of LB pedigree that the Steelers have I could very well see them picking Donta Hightower.
This pick is a failure; Pittsburgh is supposed to get worse here, not better. In all seriousness, if Hightower is available at this point, this might be the latest lock in the draft.
The Denver Broncos are on the clock next (email will be sent to notthatnoise).
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1 | Indianapolis | Andrew Luck |
QB | Stanford | Ryno III |
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3 | Minnesota |
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4 | Cleveland |
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rufio |
5 | Tampa Bay |
Trent Richardson | RB | Alabama | Rounds94 |
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Morris Claiborne | CB |
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7 | Jacksonville | Quinton Coples | DE | North Carolina | Chalmdeezy |
8 | Miami | Courtney Upshaw | OLB | Alabama | gentryholdem |
9 | Carolina |
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nickjs21 |
10 | Buffalo | Melvin Ingram | OLB | South Carolina | The New Kardiac Kids |
11 | Kansas City |
David DeCastro | OG | Stanford | Brownie's Year |
12 | Seattle | Luke Kuechly | ILB | Boston College | Jon @ DBN |
13 | Arizona | Riley Reiff | OT | Iowa |
Browns town |
14 | Dallas | Janoris Jenkins | CB | North Alabama | bross09 |
15 | Philadelphia | Fletcher Cox | DT | Mississippi State | PaduaDSP |
16 | N.Y. Jets |
Michael Floyd | WR | Notre Dame | Legoman0721 |
17 | Cincinnati |
Stephen Hill | WR | Georgia Tech | Bernie19Kosar |
18 | San Diego | Whitney Mercilus | DE | Illinois | Adrock2099 |
19 | Chicago | Jonathan Martin | OT | Stanford | OrangeAndBrownFever |
20 | Tennessee | Andre Branch | DE | Clemson | iwearmocs |
21 | Cincinnati | Stephon Gilmore | CB | South Carolina | Bernie19Kosar |
22 | Cleveland | Nick Perry | DE | USC | rufio |
23 | Detroit | Mark Barron | S | Alabama | nickmar19 |
24 | Pittsburgh | Donta Hightower | LB | Alabama | rdy |
25 | Denver | notthatnoise | |||
26 | Houston | troy145 |
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27 | New England |
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28 | Green Bay |
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29 | Baltimore | Ecwingen | |||
30 | San Francisco | -bobby- | |||
31 | New England | Boston Browns |
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32 | N.Y. Giants |
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