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Steelers' JuJu Smith-Schuster Calls Free Agency 'More Nerve Wracking' Than NFL Draft

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster had to wait until the 62nd pick of the 2017 NFL draft to hear his name called, but being a free agent this offseason was apparently more stressful.

"I would probably say free agency was more nerve wracking than draft day," he said, per Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. "Everything this year did not play out to how I wanted it to be when I look back five, four years. It's a lot different. It's betting on myself, going with the team I've been with before, and going out trying to get paid again.