Pittsburgh Steelers CB Joey Porter Jr. has won this year’s Joe Greene Award, given to the team’s top rookie of the year. And there was little doubt who would take home this year’s trophy.
Porter is the first defensive player to win the award since LB Devin Bush in 2019. He’s the first cornerback to take home the honors since Chad Scott in 1997. To put that in perspective, Porter wasn’t born until 2000. The only other Steelers cornerback to win the award since its introduction in 1984 was Delton Hall in 1987.
A second round selection out of Penn State, the Steelers turned down multiple trade offers to stand pat and take Porter with the 32nd overall selection, the top pick of Day Two.