page_title: List of Pittsburgh Steelers first-round draft picks
section_title: Player selections
hierarchical_section_title: List of Pittsburgh Steelers first-round draft picks / Player selections
caption_attribution_description: w:Ben Roethlisberger of the w:Pittsbrgh Steelers during an NFL game in 2006.
context_page_description: The Pittsburgh Steelers, a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, participated in the first NFL Draft prior to the 1936 season. The franchise changed its name to the Steelers prior to the 1940 season, to represent the city's heritage of producing steel.
  The event, which is officially known as the "Player Selection Meeting", is held each April. The draft is used as the primary means to distribute newly available talent equitably amongst the teams. Selections are made in reverse order based on the previous season's record, i.e. the club with the worst record from the previous season selects first. Through 2009, only two exceptions were made to this order: the Super Bowl champion always selects last, and the Super Bowl loser is awarded the penultimate pick. Beginning in 2010, teams making the playoffs will be seeded in reverse order depending upon how far they advance. The draft consists of seven rounds. Teams have the option of trading selections for players, cash and/or other selections.
caption: Drafted in 2004, Ben Roethlisberger became the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl in 2005 at the age of 23.[7]
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