PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – The numbers for the rookies are official. There are some former players that also wore the number with the Steelers.
10-Roman Wilson-WR
· The most recent is Mitch Trubisky
· Some receivers including a Super Bowl MVP wore it-Santonio Holmes, Martavis Bryant, Ryan Switzer
· Kordell Stewart and Scott Campbell are other quarterbacks
29-Ryan Watts-DB
· It was worn last year by corner Levi Wallace
· It hasn’t been a kind number Kalen Ballage, Wendell Smallwood, Kameron Kelly, Brian Allen, Lance Brown, Cornell Gowdy, Brent Sexton are among those to wear it for less than a year
· Pittsburgher Ryan Mundy wore it along with Chidi Iwuoma
· RB Barry Foster was the most productive in the number
41-Payton Wilson-LB
· Multiple people wore that number last year including Jalen Elliott and former Pitt tailback Qadree Ollison
· Robert Spillane made some plays and DB Lee Flowers wore it the longest
· Known for playing with the Bengals and now NFL broadcasts, Solomon Wildcots wore it in 1992
54-Zach Frazier-C
· LB Kwon Alexander wore it for a couple of months last year
· The most notable was LB Hardy Nickerson
· Long snapper Mike Schneck for it for 5 years
66-Mason McCormick-G
· It is the number for successful guards over the last couple of decades
· No one has worn it since first-round pick David DeCastro did with distinction from 2012-2020
· Hall of Famer Alan Faneca wore 66
74-Logan Lee-DL
· Last year’s seventh-round pick Spencer Anderson wore it all last season
· A few notable guards wore it—Chris Hubbard, Willie Colon, Terry Long, Ray Pinney
· The last defensive player to wear it was Chris Sullivan, for one year
76-Troy Fautanu-OT
· Chukwuma Okorafor wore it the last five years, before that was Mike Adams
· Chris Hoke won a couple of Super Bowls in that number as did John Banaszak on the defensive line
· Kevin Henry played 117 games in it from the mid-to-late 90s