The best leaders aren’t the ones who chase the role, but the ones who naturally grow into it. And for someone as young as Payton Wilson, now in just his second NFL season, stepping in as the Steelers’ special teams captain after Miles Killebrew’s injury says everything about the trust he’s earned.
Killebrew explained why he recommended Wilson for captaincy via Chipped Ham and Football with Brian Batko on Post-Gazette Sports’ YouTube.
“Payton’s a leader,” Killebrew said. “No matter how old you are when you’re a leader and you have those abilities to look outside yourself and really do the hard things and encourage others to do that around you, that’s just what it is.