Arguably one of the most unexpected things that we have seen this season has been the emerging contributions of rookie running back Jaylen Samuels, the Pittsburgh Steelers fifth-round pick out of North Carolina State who has talked openly about the fact that he is working to transition into a “true runner”.
Even after Le’Veon Bell didn’t show up, he still started the season third on the depth chart behind James Conner and Stevan Ridley. But he worked his way up to the backup role and with Conner missing the past two games due to an ankle injury got a chance to start some games, and he put up over 250 yards of offense in those 120 minutes.