3 Steelers Players Who Have BOOSTED Their Stock This Offseason...

Three players with the potential to standout for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2025

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00:00The next time the Pittsburgh Steelers will gather as a football team, it will be in La Trobe for

00:042025 training camp. So what better time than now to take a current stock of the roster and label

00:10the players on the rise? It all starts with quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Obviously, after

00:18making everyone wait for months, he showed up to mandatory minicamp and he was the bell of the ball.

00:23And it wasn't just the stuff on the field. Sure, his release looked lightning quick per usual.

00:28His feet looked good. He looked healthy, strong, and active. But it was everything off the field.

00:34It was the fact that in his first press conference with the Steelers, he mentioned that he loved the

00:39city. That he was greatly enamored by Mike Tomlin and what he could bring to the Pittsburgh Steelers

00:45organization. That he felt that it was a decision from his soul and not his ego to continue playing

00:51football. I mean, after that, we heard of him getting together with his teammates in the locker

00:56room around a card game. That he went to Cam Hayward's charity event before minicamp. That he

01:01was hosted by Mike Tomlin to a dinner after mandatory minicamp. So the question of Aaron Rodgers

01:07being bought in, those were all answered. How he looked while it's still early, that was answered

01:12as well. He is clearly one of the biggest risers, if not the biggest riser on the Steelers roster.

01:18But after that, a close second would be wide receiver Calvin Austin III. Coming into last year,

01:23there were questions if Calvin Austin III was even going to be on the team much longer.

01:29And now, look at what he's done. He was named emphatically the Steelers wide receiver number

01:33two by wide receiver coach Zach Azani last week. So much so that he was actually upset that people

01:40discounted wide receiver Calvin Austin III calling him number 19. I mean, it's clear that this guy is

01:46explosive and that while the Steelers are still snooping around and trying to find more weapons for

01:52their offense, Calvin Austin III has cemented himself as a pillar in the team's wide receiver

01:57core. He is certainly on the rise. Number three, and a rookie running back named Caleb Johnson.

02:02Ever since he was drafted, really that day, OC Arthur Smith just started clamoring over how great

02:08of a running back he is, calling him one of the most instinctive runnings he's ever seen,

02:13and that he's excited for him and his scheme. Well, we get to OTAs, we get to minicamp,

02:18and you see this giant human out there with quick feet, smooth cuts, and looking like a Steelers

02:24running back. I don't think it's a matter of if, but when he supplants Jalen Warren as a team

02:30starter in 2025. So those are three players on the rise for the Pittsburgh Steelers as we take

02:36a current stock of the roster heading into training camp.