{"id":886491,"date":"2026-05-09T10:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/886491\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T10:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:03:22","slug":"steelers-rookie-minicamp-roster-2026-3-punters-among-tryouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/886491\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers rookie minicamp roster 2026: 3 punters among tryouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Steelers rookie minicamp is here, running May 8-10 as Pittsburgh gets a first look at its 2026 draft class in the black and gold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As always, the minicamp roster is filled out with a mix of non-rookie Steelers as well some veteran and rookie tryouts. The weekend camp is a good way for unsigned and bottom-of-the-roster players to get some extra time to make a good impression with the coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Here\u2019s the full rookie minicamp roster below via Steelers.com:<\/p>\n<p>Steelers rookie minicamp roster 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Stonehouse might be the most recognizable name of the bunch \u2014 the 26-year-old led the NFL in yards per punt in both 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Some other notable tidbits with the tryouts include a clear focus at linebacker (four players) and punter (three). There are four former Pitt players (Battle, Williams, Zelinsky, and George). Tecza rushed for 902 yards and 10 touchdowns alongside Steelers draftee Eli Heidenreich in Navy\u2019s offense in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers rookie minicamp is here, running May 8-10 as Pittsburgh gets a first look at its 2026 draft&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,6,520,57,2374,2375,2360,426],"class_list":["post-886491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-roster","tag-pittsburghsteelers","tag-steelers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116544051844614067","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}