Steelers select Washington OT Troy Fautanu in first round of 2024 NFL Draft

The 2024 NFL Draft kicked off Thursday night in Detroit with well over 150,000 football fans in attendance.

The Pittsburgh Steelers had the 20th overall selection in the first-round of this year's draft, and selected University of Washington offensive tackle Troy Fautanu.

"Excited to have him as a member of this organization," said General Manager Omar Khan. "We spent a great deal of time with him. We met with Troy at the Combine. We had him in here as a 30 visit. We are excited to have him here."

Fautanu earned All-Pac-12 team honors his last two seasons in college, and started all 15 games last season for the Huskies at left tackle.

"Really excited about Troy," said Coach Mike Tomlin. "The tape was just really, really impressive, not only in terms of his talents, but really I think his talents were really highlighted by the way that Washington utilized his talents schematically. You saw everything that you wanted to see. You saw him out in space in the perimeter game, be it crack toss or wide receiver screens. He was great in the run game. He was great as a drop-back pass protector."

Fautanu also reportedly grew up as a fan of the Steelers, and particularly, Hall of Fame safety Troy Polamalu.

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