PITTSBURGH — It’s fitting that Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Trenton Irwin wasn’t the primary option when he caught his first NFL touchdown.
For most of the last four years, Irwin has toiled in obscurity, mostly as a member of the practice squad, working on routes, catching tennis balls, massaging soft tissue with a foam roller, all while hardly anyone watched.
On Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Irwin scrambled along the back of the end zone before quarterback Joe Burrow spotted him for a 1-yard touchdown pass that put Cincinnati ahead for the rest of the day in a 37-30 win.