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‘Try To Help As Much As Possible’: Joey Porter Jr. Taking On Surprising Special Teams Role

Second-year Pittsburgh Steelers’ cornerback Joey Porter Jr. already has No. 1 cornerback and true shutdown defender on his resume.

Through two games of his second season in the NFL, Porter is trying to add more to his resume, this time dabbling in some special teams duties.

In the first two games of the season, Porter has played 13 snaps on special teams, including nine on punt returns. He has been serving as the starting corner on punt returns to try and negate gunners and give punt returner Calvin Austin III time and space to operate and potentially create splash plays for the Steelers.