Third-year wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster is heading into somewhat uncharted waters this offseason. Not a young player stepping into the number one wide receiver role, but rather one doing so while also being expected to emerge as the leader of the group as well.
Despite his young age—at 22, he is in fact even younger than second-year James Washington and rookie Diontae Johnson—he has continued to show a maturity beyond his years as he assumes the Pittsburgh Steelers’ top target position in the aftermath of the Antonio Brown trade.