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David DeCastro plays guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football for Stanford University, and earned unanimous All-American honors.

The Pittsburgh Steelers selected DeCastro in the first round (24th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft. He was the first offensive guard taken in the first round by the Steelers since Kendall Simmons in 2002 and was one of four Stanford players taken in the first two rounds of the 2012 NFL Draft. 

In the Pittsburgh Steelers' third preseason game against the Buffalo Bills, DeCastro suffered an injury and was forced to leave the game. It was discovered that he had suffered a torn collateral lateral ligament and a dislocated kneecap. On November 26, DeCastro was returned to the active roster. On December 9, 2012, he made his professional regular-season debut in a 24–34 loss at the San Diego Chargers. He finished his rookie year starting the last three games of the 2012 NFL season.

DeCastro entered the season as the Pittsburgh Steelers' de facto starter at right guard in his second year with the team. He earned the start for the Steelers' season-opening 16–9 loss to the Tennessee Titans. He finished the season starting 15 games and was ranked the fifth best right guard by Pro Football Focus.

DeCastro returned in 2014 to complete his first full season after starting all 16 games of the regular season as the Pittsburgh Steelers finished 11–5. On January 3, 2014, he played in his first career postseason game as a Steeler.

In his fourth season with the Steelers in 2015, DeCastro started in all 16 regular-season games and was elected to his first Pro Bowl. Pro Football Focus gave him an overall grade of 83.4 and ranked him the 15th-best offensive guard in 2015. He was ranked the ninth best offensive guard by Sports Illustrated after he surrendered only 1.5 sacks in 590 pass blocking attempts.

In 2016 he started all 16 regular season games and brought his consecutive games played streak to 56 in-a-row. The Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line was ranked the third best by Pro Football Focus, with DeCastro being ranked as the Steelers' top run blocker. He was named to his second-straight Pro Bowl for the 2016 season. He was also ranked 97th on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2017.
On December 19, 2017, DeCastro was named to his third-straight Pro Bowl along with fellow Steeler offensive linemen Alejandro Villanueva and Maurkice Pouncey. He was ranked 44th by his peers on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018.