Either scenario puts wide receiver as one of the Steelers top needs for the 2025 NFL draft and/or free agency. In NFL Network draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah’s first mock draft of the year, he was looking to the present and the future with the Steelers pick of Texas wide receiver Matthew Golden.

Golden took over as Texas' top wide receiver when Isaiah Bond suffered an injury that forced him to miss or be limited for much of the College Football Playoffs. Once that happened, Golden turned into the team’s top target on an offense that needed a spark, and he made multiple big plays down the stretch.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are gearing up for the 2025 offseason, another that will require a deep search for a potential threat at wide receiver. If the