Kenneth Gainwell has never been the lead back in his NFL career. As a result, he’s had to find other ways to carve out a role, with one of those coming as a pass-catcher. That’s something the Steelers hope to take advantage of this year. Pittsburgh’s running backs coach Eddie Faulkner spoke about Gainwell’s versatility after Wednesday’s mandatory minicamp practice.
“The addition of Kenny G [Kenneth Gainwell] has been fantastic, because he offers us something from out of the backfield as a route runner, and playing split out, and getting into some personnel where we got multiple running backs in the game.