Broderick Jones
First-round pick, No. 14 overall
Offensive tackle, Georgia
6-foot-5, 311 pounds
Numbers: According to Pro Football Focus, Jones did not allow a sack in any of 448 pass protection snaps he played in 2022. …. With two QB hits and seven hurries allowed, Jones’ 99.0% pass-blocking efficiency rate tied for the fifth-best among all college football offensive tackles. … Georgia ranked fifth nationally in both total offense (501.1 yards per game) and scoring offense (41.1 points per game) in 2022.
Hometown: Lithonia, Ga.
The @steelers select @GeorgiaFootball OT Broderick Jones at No. 14 overall. pic.twitter.com/1jmnQDt2fe
— NFL on CBS ???? (@NFLonCBS) April 28, 2023
Tidbits: Jones was an Associated Press first-team SEC selection at offensive tackle in 2022, when he started all 15 games at left tackle during Georgia’s run to their second consecutive national title. … As a redshirt freshman during the 2021 season, Jones started the final four regular-season games for what was also a College Football Playoff national champion team. … Jones was a five-star recruit in the 2020 class who took a redshirt during his first season on campus. … According to the 247 composite rankings, Jones was the No. 11 recruit in the country and second-best among offensive tackles in his high school graduating class. ESPN ranked Jones the No. 9 prospect nationally and No. 1 offensive tackle. … Among all offensive linemen who ran the 40-yard dash at the NFL combine, Jones had the fastest time (4.97 seconds). … At 14th overall, Jones is the second-highest Steelers draft pick since Ben Roethlisberger was taken 11th in 2004. The only pick the Steelers have made higher since was linebacker Devin Bush at No. 11 in 2019. … Joining second-round wide receiver George Pickens in 2022, this is the second consecutive year the Steelers took a Georgia player in the draft…. Jones joins Tim Worley (1989) and Jarvis Jones (2013) as Steelers’ first-round picks out of Georgia.
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