In Pittsburgh, tryout players are given a fair shake. Mike Tomlin always preaches it. If you’re in a jersey, you have an opportunity.
Never was that truer than this weekend’s rookie minicamp.
Five players – Devlin Hodges, Damian Prince, Greg Gilmore, Henry Mondeaux, and Tuzar Skipper – were all offered contracts to land on the 90 man offseason roster and presumably, carried into training camp. As far back as our notes go, it’s the highest number of tryout players signed in any rookie minicamp. Here are the results, year-by-year.
2018 (2)
OL RJ Prince
WR Damoun Patterson
2017 (2)
TE Phazahn Odom
ILB Matt Galambos
2016 (4)
RB Cameron Stingily
RB Brandon Brown-Dukes
WR Marcus Tucker
CB Donald Washington
2015 (2)
RB Cameron Stingily
NT Mike Thornton
2014 (0)
RB Jordan Hall was signed during training camp
2013 (1)
LB Terence Garvin
2012 (0)
As far back as 2012, the previous high was four.