Each year we kind of get a clue of what position the Steelers are leaning to and what players they would like to draft based on the interviews at the combine.
Here is the list of the players they interviewed them this year:
Quarterbacks
Clayton Tune, Houston (informal)
Running Backs (all informal)
Chase Brown, Illinois
Travis Dye, USC
Tank Bigsby, Auburn
Keeton Mitchell, East Carolina
Cam Peoples, Appalachian State
Deuce Vaughn, Kansas State
Kendre Miller, TCU
Chris Rodriquez, Kentucky
Roschon Johnson, Texas
Wide Receivers
Jaxon Smith-Ngiba, Ohio State
Zay Flowers, Boston College (informal)
Jordan Addison, USC
Jalin Hyatt, Tennessee
Parker Washington, Penn State
Tight Ends
Michael Mayer, Notre Dame
Sam Laporta, Iowa
Brenton Strange, Penn State (met with TE coach Alfredo Roberts)
Zach Kuntz, Old Dominion
Blake Whitehouse, Wake Forest
Offensive Line
Andrew Vorhees, USC (informal)
Dalton Wagner, Arkansas (informal)
Carter Warren, Pittsburgh (informal)
Tyler Steen, Alabama (informal)
Joe Tippmann, Wisconsin
Peter Skoronski, Northwestern
Waya Morris, Oklahoma (informal)
Jordan McFadden, Clemson (informal)
Olu Oluwatimi, Michigan (informal)
Brett Laing, Minnesota-Duluth (informal)
Ricky Stormberg, Arkansas
Broderick Jones, Georgia
Paris Johnson, Ohio State
Henry Bainivalu, Washington (informal)
TJ Bass, Oregon (informal)
Ryan Hayes, Michigan (informal)
Anton Harrison, Oklahoma (informal)
Jake Andrews, Troy (informal)
Nick Broker, Ole Miss (informal)
John Oluhwu, Boise State (informal)
Blake Freeland, BYU (informal)
Defensive Line
Mike Morris, Michigan (informal)
Bryan Bresee, Clemson
Byron Young, Alabama
Gervon Dexter, Florida
Keondre Coburn, Texas
Cameron Young, Mississippi State
Edge Rushers
Nick Herbig, Wisconsin
Lukas Van Ness, Iowa
Lonnie Phelps, Kansas
Derick Hall, Auburn (informal)
Nolan Smith, Georgia
Dylan Horton, TCU (informal)
Felix Anudike-Uzomah, Kansas State
Tyrus Wheaton, Mississippi State
Off-Ball Linebackers
Noah Sewell, Oregon
Shaka Heyward, Duke
DeMarvion Overshown, Texas
Henry To’o-To’o, Alabama
Ivan Pace, Cincinnati
Drew Sanders, Arkansas
Trenton Simpson, Clemson
Cornerbacks
Emmanuel Forbes, Mississippi State
Clark Phillips, Utah
Jaylon Jones, Texas A&M
Joey Porter, Jr., Penn State
Cam Smith, South Carolina
Eli Ricks, Alabama (informal)
Garrett Williams, Syracuse (informal)
Kalee Ringo, Georgia
Brian Branch, Alabama
Darius Rush, South Carolina (informal)
Deonte Banks, Maryland
Safeties
JL Skinner, Boise State (informal)
Antonio Johnson, Texas A&M (informal)
Ji’Ayir Brown, Penn State
Jordan Battle, Alabama
Jammie Robinson, Florida State
Troy Dean, Florida (informal)
Brandon Joseph, Notre Dame, (informal)