
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
#9
Experience: 6 years
Height: 6-1
Age: 25
Weight: 215 lbs
College: USC
2021 SEASON
- REC15
- YDS129
- AVG8.6
- TDS0
Biography
- Fifth-year wide receiver enters his first season with the Chiefs in 2022.
- Spent his first five NFL seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Career Highlights:
- Fourth-youngest player in NFL history to reach 3,000 career receiving yards and 20 career receiving TDs ...23 years, 310 days, when he reached the mark, Smith-Schuster passed Odell Beckham Jr. (23 years, 325 days)
- Only NFL player since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to register at least 250 receptions, 3,300 receiving yards and 21 receiving TDs before his 24th birthday
- At 24 years and 37 days old (at the time of the game), Smith-Schuster surpassed Larry Fitzgerald (24 years, 86 days) as the second-youngest player to reach 300 career receptions in NFL history
- First wide receiver in NFL history to post 12 100-yard receiving games prior to their 23rd birthday – besting the previous record of 11 (Randy Moss, Minnesota Vikings)
- First wide receiver in NFL history to record 200 career receptions before his 23rd birthday
- Third player in NFL history to register 250 career receptions before his 24th birthday
- His 265 receptions were the second most by a player before his 24th birthday since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger
- Youngest player in NFL history to reach 2,500 career receiving yards
- Set single-season highs with 1,426 receiving yards (fifth-most by a Steeler in a single season), the first 1,000 receiving yard season of his NFL career, 1,439 scrimmage yards and 111 catches (fourth-most by a Steeler in a single season) in 2018
- Eclipsed 1,500 receiving yards in his 21st game, setting a Steelers franchise record for the fewest games to the milestone (Louis Lipps, 23)
- Third Steeler in franchise history to record at least 100 catches in a season, (Antonio Brown: six seasons, Hines Ward: one season)
- Set a franchise record for the fewest games played to reach 100 catches (20), reaching the mark on Oct. 14, 2018
- Set a franchise record for the fewest games played to reach 150 catches (28), reaching the mark on Dec. 16, 2018
- Totaled at least 100 receiving yards in eight games in 2018, which tied as the second-most by a Steeler in a single season with Antonio Brown (2014 and 2017). (Record: Antonio Brown, 2015: 9)
- Totaled 1,972 receiving yards in the first 25 games of his career, the fourth-most by an NFL player since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger
- Recorded the fifth-most receptions (169), 10th-most receiving yards (2,343) and tied with Randy Moss for the fourth-most 100-receiving yard games (11) in a player's first two seasons in NFL history
- Amassed five TD catches before turning 21, the most in NFL history by a player before his 21st birthday (turned 21 on Nov. 22)
- First Steelers rookie - and just the fourth NFL rookie - to earn Offensive and Special Teams Player of the Week honors, joining Eddie Kennison (1996), Reggie Bush (2006) and Tyreek Hill (2016)
- Recorded the most receiving yards by a rookie in franchise history (917)
- At 20 years old in 2017, he became the youngest player to score a touchdown in the NFL since 1964 (Chicago's Andy Livingston) and the youngest NFL player to catch a touchdown pass since 1930 (Green Bay's Arnie Herber)
Honors:
- Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week once (Week 10 in 2017)
- Named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week once (Week 17 in 2017).
- Selected to the Pro Bowl in 2018.
Transactions:
Signed with Kansas City (3/20/22) ... Signed with Pittsburgh (3/19/21) ... Signed with Pittsburgh (5/17/17) ... Originally entered the NFL as the second-round pick (62nd overall) by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Player Articles
Recent Games
WK | OPP | RESULT | REC | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FUM | LOST |
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5 | Broncos | W 27 - 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
4 | @Packers | L 17 - 27 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
3 | Bengals | L 10 - 24 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 16 | 0 | |||||||
2 | Raiders | L 17 - 26 | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
1 | @Bills | W 23 - 16 | 4 | 52 | 13 | 24 | 0 |
Career Stats
WRTE Career
SEASON | TEAM | G | GS | REC | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FUM | LOST |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 7 | 58 | 917 | 15.8 | 97 | 7 | |||||||
2018 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 13 | 111 | 1426 | 12.8 | 97 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2019 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 12 | 42 | 552 | 13.1 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
2020 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 14 | 97 | 831 | 8.6 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | |||||
2021 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 5 | 15 | 129 | 8.6 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
TOTAL | 63 | 51 | 323 | 3855 | 11.8 | 97 | 26 | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 3 |