{"id":772160,"date":"2026-02-24T00:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T00:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/772160\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T00:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T00:34:35","slug":"two-for-one-steelers-land-wr-cb-travis-hunter-in-analysts-2025-re-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/772160\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Two For One’: Steelers Land WR\/CB Travis Hunter In Analyst’s 2025 Re-Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Derrick Harmon in the first round last year, and while it\u2019s still early, that looks like a good decision. Harmon had a solid rookie season, and it looks like he\u2019s only scratched the surface of his potential.<\/a> However, the Steelers still have plenty of weaknesses. Analyst Ryan Wilson recently conducted an exercise in which he re-drafted the entire 2025 first round, and he opted for the Steelers to pass on Harmon and select wide receiver\/corner Travis Hunter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Steelers have dire needs at wide receiver and cornerback, so two for one,\u201d Wilson said recently on CBS Sports HQ<\/a>. \u201cCome on to Pittsburgh, Travis Hunter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hunter was one of the most intriguing prospects<\/a> going into the 2025 draft because of his position versatility. He played receiver and corner at a high level in college, leading to him winning the Heisman Trophy in 2024. Hunter was actually selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the second overall pick, so he suffered a significant drop in Wilson\u2019s re-draft.<\/p>\n

However, that might not have been an accident. Wilson is a Steelers fan, and during that same segment, former NFL general manager Ran Carthon poked fun at Wilson having such a talented player fall to his favorite team.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, he would not have lasted to pick 21\u2026\u201d Carthon said. \u201c[Wilson] rigged this whole thing for the Steelers to be able to get one of the top two players in the entire draft\u2026 Someone would\u2019ve traded up at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hunter had some issues during his rookie season, struggling to play well while splitting time between receiver and corner. Injuries also hampered him, limiting him to only seven games. He had 28 catches for 298 yards and one touchdown, as well as three pass defenses, during his rookie year.<\/p>\n

Despite that, Hunter\u2019s potential likely would\u2019ve kept him from falling to the Steelers at pick 21. However, the Steelers would\u2019ve run to the podium to select him if he had somehow fallen to them. Even if they had him play one position, he would give them an instant upgrade.<\/p>\n

Receiver and corner are two of the Steelers\u2019 biggest weaknesses. DK Metcalf and Joey Porter Jr. give them solid No. 1 options at each position, but the depth behind them isn\u2019t great. Hunter could\u2019ve given them another solid option at one, if not both, of those positions.<\/p>\n

However, they likely aren\u2019t too upset at Harmon, their actual first-rounder. He didn\u2019t have to wait much longer to hear his name called in Wilson\u2019s re-draft, going two picks later to the Green Bay Packers at 23. Harmon played like a first-round pick, especially with his impact in the run game. Hunter playing in Pittsburgh would\u2019ve been fun, but there\u2019s nothing wrong with Harmon.<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Derrick Harmon in the first round last year, and while it\u2019s still early, that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2055],"tags":[340,7,6,520,57,2360,12277,3246,426,128],"class_list":["post-772160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-derrick-harmon","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-pittsburghsteelers","tag-ran-carthon","tag-ryan-wilson","tag-steelers","tag-travis-hunter"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116122803491933655","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772160","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=772160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}