I like to dig into some lesser followed stats periodically, and after the first quarter of the season, some interesting things are showing up in how the Steelers have been using their players.
So far this season Ulysees Gilbert III has played 90 of the 106 special teams snaps the Steelers have logged. That’s 84.9% of ST snaps. The only special teams assignments he doesn’t get in on are FG and XP attempts. Those plays use the long snapper, kicker, offensive line and tight ends. He plays on the normal 4 ST units (kickoffs, kickoff returns, punt and punt returns) but also FG and XP defense where he plays alongside most of the starting defense, something no other ST focused player has done for the Steelers since they started tracking snaps in 2012.