Senior Bowl practices began Tuesday in Mobile, Alabama, and multiple Steelers personnel were in attendance, including Mike Tomlin, Arthur Smith, Teryl Austin, and Omar Khan. We know the Steelers’ big needs – wide receiver, cornerback, defensive line, and perhaps quarterback if one blows them away. On that note, here are my notes from Day One in Mobile.

These Quarterbacks are bad

Jalen Milroe, Riley Leonard, Jaxson Dart, Dillon Gabriel – none should be top picks in the draft. Of the group, Milroe is the one with the most hype, but he’s shown nothing to say he is worthy of a first-round selection. Late Day Two swing? Sure. But no one should be taking him in the first round. And to be fair, it’s incredibly rare that any quarterbacks at the Senior Bowl in recent years end up being great. Jalen Hurts was the last guy to show up and actually become something at the NFL level. Justin Herbert was another name, but there have been far more Jake Haeners than Josh Allens in Mobile over the last handful of years.

Kentucky DT Deone Walker is going to be a stud

He is 6-foot-7, 340 pounds but you wouldn’t know it by how quick he moves. His power isn’t lost on anyone either, as he showed in team drills when he shoved the center backwards five yards and almost took a handoff himself. Walker has a projection of going in the late second-early third round, but

Virginia Tech DT Aeneas Peebles is a name to monitor

This is the time of year where a lot of guys like me who aren’t college football savants hear the names of several players for the first time. Peebles is one of the names I wasn’t super familiar with ahead of this week, but he made sure everyone knew it after today. In team drills of National Team practice, he blew up consecutive run plays with immediate interior pressure and drew audible reactions from teammates and on-lookers alike. Peebles is a projected Day Three pick to go anywhere between the fifth and sixth rounds, but his stock will be going up a bit after today.

Washington State WR Kyle Williams is a fun sleeper

Williams is on the smaller side for receivers and certainly won’t be an early pick, but could be a name to monitor in the sixth and seventh rounds. He made a great toe-tap catch on the sideline in one-on-ones, flipping his hips and shoulders from inside to outside to get in position to make the back shoulder reception. He caught 70 passes for 1,198 yards and 14 scores this season. I spoke with him after practice and he emphasized making the most of his chances this week.

“Just making the most of my reps,” Williams said. “At the end of the day, this is the best of the best and it’s all about how you bounce back. You may not win everything but the way you bounce back, the way you carry yourself – that’s how you separate yourself.”

The production is there and the play-making ability could make him a name to monitor should the Steelers double dip on receivers in the draft.

Jack Bech could be this year’s Ladd McConkey

McConkey was a guy who everyone thought would go int he late first or early second round last year. Bech falls more into the second round pool, but he made plays throughout the day that could lead to a team in the late-20s taking him.