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Zach Frazier Has Played So Well That Arthur Smith Doesn’t Even View Him As A Rookie

The Pittsburgh Steelers needed to nail their draft selection at the center position this year after three seasons of poor play at the position. They seem to have done just that with their second-round pick out of West Virginia, Zach Frazier.

He hasn’t been available for the last two games because of a high-ankle injury, but his first six starts had Steelers OC Arthur Smith forgetting that Frazier is in just his first NFL season.

“I don’t even look at him as a rookie,” Smith said via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Ray Fittipaldo on X. “Zach is playing good football.