To get us through this quiet, uneventful time in the NFL calendar before Steelers training camp begins, this series will take a look at some Steelers’ all-time rookie season records. This installment: touchdowns (regular season).
This rookie record happens to be shared by three men of steel, each of whom finished their rookie seasons with 11 touchdowns. The first to set the mark was Franco Harris, a rookie from Penn State in 1972. You may have heard of him.
Harris topped the previous record of nine set by Willie Asbury in 1966. Many former Steelers, including Mean Joe Greene, attributed Harris’s arrival in Pittsburgh to the beginning of the ‘70s dynasty run.