Every year, training camp serves as the proving ground in the NFL where players either carve out a role or fall by the wayside. Naturally, fans root for as many players as possible to make their case in camp to stick with the final 53-man roster. That is no different for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
But some players face camp with the odds stacked against them, with either an uphill battle to get on the field for meaningful snaps or to simply stick on the 53-man roster.
The five players below are overcoming those odds with one week of training camp in the books.