Back to the Pittsburgh Steelers Newsfeed

From Little :League to the Pro Bowl: Longtime friends Le'Veon Bell and Roosevelt Nix relish their accomplishments together

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Steelers have by far the largest contingent of players participating in the Pro Bowl Sunday afternoon. Nine Steelers will play in the game, including seven who are expected to start for the AFC against the NFC.

It’s also a safe bet the Reynoldsburg (Ohio) Little League is represented by the largest contingent of players from the same youth league. Two former Reynoldsburg Junior Raiders will line in up in the same backfield.

Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Steelers running backs Le’Veon Bell and Roosevelt Nix were tearing it up on the elementary school fields in central Ohio.