The day after Harmon was drafted by the Steelers, a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter, Gerry Dulac, took to X to report that Harmon’s mom, Tiffany Saine, “passed away shortly after he went to the hospital and got to tell her he had been drafted by the Steelers.”

The mom of Steelers first round pick Derrick Harmon has died, the team confirmed to KDKA-TV on Friday. The Oregon defensive tackle was drafted by the Steelers on Thursday. But it was a bittersweet victory because as his name was called, his mom was on life support. He said he was going to visit her afterward to share the good news.