{"id":189516,"date":"2025-07-07T23:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T23:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/189516\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T23:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T23:46:10","slug":"steelers-land-next-franchise-qb-in-latest-mock-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/189516\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers Land Next Franchise QB in Latest Mock Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/nfl-draft\/2026-nfl-draft\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NFL Draft<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/a4814e9f-usatsi_24532339.webp.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers 2026 NFL Draft LaNorris Sellers South Carolina\" decoding=\"sync\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" lazyload=\"eager\" data-attachment-id=\"120574\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/bell-ranking-steelers-top-qb-options-in-2026-nfl-draft\/a4814e9f-usatsi_24532339\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=661,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a4814e9f-usatsi_24532339.webp\" data-orig-size=\"1024,661\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"a4814e9f-usatsi_24532339\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina Athletics&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/a4814e9f-usatsi_24532339.webp.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=661,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/a4814e9f-usatsi_24532339.webp\"\/>LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina Athletics\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers have made it very clear that they are planning to draft a quarterback early in the 2026 NFL Draft as they have begun stockpiling picks. That\u2019s why Matt Miller of ESPN has the Steelers doing exactly that in his latest mock draft.<\/p>\n<p>Miller has Pittsburgh selecting South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers with the No. 16 overall pick in the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSellers is one of the nation\u2019s most exciting prospects, as he threw for 18 touchdowns to seven interceptions last season while rushing for 674 yards and seven scores,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/draft2026\/story\/_\/id\/45585366\/2026-nfl-mock-draft-miller-early-first-round-predictions-quarterbacks-32-picks\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Miller writes<\/a>. \u201cThe 6-foot-3, 242-pounder is big, strong and mobile and could be picked way before this if he cleans up some decision-making mistakes. With two years of eligibility following next season, Sellers is no lock to be in the draft, but his potential excites evaluators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sellers is still very young. He just turned 20 last month, but there\u2019s no doubt that he put the NFL on notice in his first year as a starter, especially behind an offensive line that <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/bell-ranking-steelers-top-qb-options-in-2026-nfl-draft\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">allowed a 42.5% pressure rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest question is if Sellers will even fall that far if he does declare for the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s fair to assume the Steelers won\u2019t have a top 10 pick, which is where Sellers could ultimately be drafted, since they have never had a losing season under head coach Mike Tomlin.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t mean Pittsburgh won\u2019t be willing to go get him if he\u2019s its guy, though. The team is currently projected to have 12 picks in next year\u2019s draft \u2014 plenty of ammo to make a trade up.<\/p>\n<p>A lot can still happen between now the 2026 NFL Draft, which will take place in Pittsburgh, but Sellers is certainly an option to be the Steelers\u2019 long-term answer at quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/2026-nfl-draft\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NFL Draft<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/lanorris-sellers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">LaNorris Sellers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/nfl-draft\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Draft<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/south-carolina\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">South Carolina<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Draft Steelers News LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina Athletics The Pittsburgh Steelers have made it very clear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[4955,7,9734,6,15,520,57,2360,1686,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-189516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-lanorris-sellers","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-nfl-draft","13":"tag-pittsburgh","14":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","15":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","16":"tag-south-carolina","17":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114814621233880191","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}