Germie Bernard
Second-round pick, No. 47 overall
Wide receiver, Alabama
6-foot-1, 206 pounds
Stats: Led team as a senior with 64 receptions, 862 receiving yards and seven touchdowns in 14 games. Also had a team-high 50 catches in 2024 (with 794 yards and two touchdowns).
Hometown: Las Vegas
Tidbits: Spent his freshman season in 2022 at Michigan State and the following year at Washington when the Huskies were a national finalist. … Had seven catches for 128 yards and two touchdowns in 2022 and 34 catches for 419 yards and two touchdowns as a sophomore. … Was the eighth wide receiver selected in this year’s draft. … Is the first Alabama player drafted by the Steelers since running back Najee Harris in the first round five years ago. … The Steelers have not gone two consecutive years without selecting at least one wide receiver since the 2003-04 drafts. They did not draft one last year. … According to Pro Football Focus, in 2025 Bernard lined up for 487 snaps out wide and 308 snaps from out of the slot in addition to 41 snaps from the backfield. The ratio in 2024 was an almost even split 367 snaps to 354 snaps from slot and outside. … As a high school senior, he was honored as the Gatorade Player of the Year in Nevada. … Had a touchdown in each of the two conference championship games he played in while in college (2023 Pac-12 and 2025 SEC). … He began this past season with five touchdowns over his first five games. … As the 47th overall pick, he is the highest the Steelers have drafted a wide receiver since Santonio Holmes (25th overall) in 2006.