The Pittsburgh Steelers made Derek Watt one of the highest-paid fullbacks in NFL history in 2020 when they signed him to a three-year, $9.75 million contract. That’s relative peanuts compared to any other starter on offense or defense, but at the time there was only one player at the position who was paid more.
Of course, he was really brought in to become a core member of the special-teams units and a captain, which he did manage to accomplish over his three seasons in Pittsburgh. The Steelers started to be more active in using him last year in short-yardage situations and he even scored two touchdowns.