When the Pittsburgh Steelers made the selections of wide receivers George Pickens and Calvin Austin III in the second and fourth rounds of the 2022 NFL Draft, then-GM Kevin Colbert was hoping to give a depleted wide receiver room a significant boost from a playmaking perspective.
Three days into training camp at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, the two young rookies have more than lived up to the billing, turning heads often on Chuck Noll Field.
Pickens, who could have been the top reciever in the draft class in April if not for a torn ACL suffered during the spring of 2021, has shown off his impressive traits overall, twisting and turning in the air to make acrobatic catches, while also showing off his strength to rip the football away from defenders for tough catches in traffic.