The Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t spend their second pick of the 2025 NFL Draft on a running back just to watch him sit on the bench. Yet through the first quarter of the season, that’s been Kaleb Johnson’s reality. Fans have seen only a glimpse — 15 snaps on offense across four games — but Mike Tomlin and the coaching staff watch him every day, and they like what they see.
“I think that he’s gonna continue to get better with opportunity,” Tomlin said via the Steelers’ YouTube. “He doesn’t have control over when those opportunities occur, and so when he gets ’em, he better make the best of ’em.