An All-American at Stanford, David DeCastro was the player with whom the Pittsburgh Steelers used their First Round (24^thOverall) Pick on in the 2012 Draft.

One of the best players to ever play in the NFL, who played collegiate in Northern Colorado, Aaron Smith, was taken in the Fourth Round in 1999.

Casey Hampton was the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year as a Texas Longhorn in 2000, and the Pittsburgh Steelers landed him the following year as the 19^thOverall Pick.

Carnell Lake came to the Pittsburgh Steelers as a Second Round Pick in 1989, and while the UCLA Defensive Back was not an All-Rookie, he was named by the Steelers as their Rookie of the Year.