We're roughly a week away from the start of the 2026 NFL Draft, and the Pittsburgh Steelers have been busy meeting with prospects. With 12 selections this year—four picks on Day 2—Omar Khan and the front office spent a good deal of resources meeting with mid-round prospects.
But the Steelers just backed themselves into a major dilemma.
Since the reported pre-draft visits of Vega Ioane, Beau Stephens, and Will Kacmarek on Tuesday, the Steelers have used 28 of their 30 visits... and at least one first-round receiver prospect is going to be ignored by Pittsburgh's brass.
While the Steelers met with USC's Makai Lemon and Washington's Denzel Boston, the Steelers haven't hosted Arizona State's Jordyn Tyson, Indiana's Omar Cooper Jr., or Texas A&M's KC Concepcion for a 30 visit.
And with just two remaining, somebody is grabbing the short straw.
The Pittsburgh Steelers should be kicking themselves for not leaving enough pre-draft visits for top WR prospects
The only players the Steelers have drafted in Round 1 over the past five years are prospects that they met with for 30 visits ahead of the NFL Draft. If this trend holds true again in 2026, then one of Tyson, Cooper, or Concepcion won't even be in consideration for this pick.
And this feels like scouting malpractice.
NFL Draft expert Dane Brugler of The Athletic has all three of these receivers inside his top 25 players of the draft. And considering the Steelers own the No. 21 overall pick and have a need for a go-to receiver, it's hard to make sense of why they didn't leave enough visits for all three of these receiver prospects.
Each of these three receivers has something special they could offer an NFL offense. Though plagued with injuries throughout his college career, Tyson can create separation at a high level, and if he can stay on the field, he profiles as a potential WR1 at the next level.
Meanwhile, Concepcion has impressive snap movements at the top of his routes and the ability to turn on the jets after the catch, while Cooper is a smooth receiver with a well-balanced skill set who's a nightmare to tackle after the catch.
For most of the pre-draft process, it felt like the Steelers' pick could come down to one of these three players. Unfortunately, Khan may have just doomed one of them from having any sort of chance to be Pittsburgh's Round 1 selection in the 2026 NFL Draft.
Was it really necessary to use as many pre-draft visits on Day 3 prospects as Pittsburgh did this year? Khan obviously is looking to hit on his late-round picks, but this can't come at the cost of making the wrong selection in the first round.
With just two of 30 pre-draft visits remaining, the most the Steelers can do at this point is bring in two of the three remaining Round 1 receiver options between Tyson, Cooper, and Concepcion. And there's no guarantee that they even do that.
If the Pittsburgh Steelers intend to use their final two visits, it will be telling as to where Khan could be headed in Round 1 this year.
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