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The Steelers didn t have a pick in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft, after trading it to acquire Minkah Fitzpatrick. But they still found first-round talent in dynamic wide receiver Chase Claypool, the team s second round pick out of Notre Dame.
Claypool made a splash this season while being a major contributor to the offense. He was the recipient of the Joe Greene Great Performance Award, given to the team s Rookie of the Year by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Pro Football Writers of America and was selected to the Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team.
Claypool started off with a bang, even in training camp, earning praise early on from his teammates even before playing in a game.
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The Steelers opened practice for this week’s regular-season finale against Cleveland with a number of players resting.
Injured players who sat out included defensive linemen Stephon Tuitt and Tyson Alualu and safety Terrell Edmunds. Others on the sidelines for rest included Ben Roethlisberger, Maurkice Pouncey, David DeCastro, T.J. Watt, and Cam Heyward.
Returning to the practice field after sitting out last week’s game against the Colts were linebacker/safety Marcus Allen, kicker Chris Boswell, and linebacker Ola Adeniyi.
The Pittsburgh chapter of the Pro Football Writers Association named Roethlisberger the winner of the Chief Award – named after Steelers founder Art Rooney – for cooperation with the media, and the Joe Greene Great Performance Award for rookie of the year to wide receiver Chase Claypool.
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It s the time of year when honors are handed out and that was the case when Ben Roethlisberger and Chase Claypool were both honored by the Pittsburgh Chapter of Pro Football Writers of America. Roethlisberger is the winner of The Chief Award, while Claypool won the Joe Greene Great Performance Award, presented to the team s top rookie. The Chief Award, which was established in honor of Steelers founder, Arthur J. Rooney, Sr., is presented annually to a member of the Steelers organization that best exemplifies the spirit of cooperation with the media that he embodied. This is the second time Roethlisberger won the award, previously doing so in 2010.