JuJu Smith-Schuster on his return with the Steelers: “I can’t say enough, I love you Pittsburgh. I came in here a 20 year old youngster and you took me in from the moment which I found here. Such love. ”
Last updated: 20/03/21 7:34 am
Live wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster live set in Pittsburgh (AP Photo / Keith Srakocic)
JuJu Smith-Schuster returns to Pittsburgh, with the Steelers announcing Friday that the wide receiver has signed a new one-year contract with the team.
Although no financial terms were disclosed, he reported that he gave the Steelers a city contract with a salary captain, surpassing larger offers to stay with the team he selected in the second round of the 2017 NFL draft.
He will receive a $ 7m signing bonus, a $ 1m base salary and an affordable four years to reduce the 2021 cap to $ 1.6 million, all multiple reports. The Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens were offering more money, the NFL Network said.
“I can’t say enough, I love you Pittsburgh,” Smith-Schuster tweeted Friday afternoon. “I came in here a 20 year old teenager and you embraced me from the moment I arrived here. Such love. If my back was on everything, everything struggle and success. So hard to leave. I’ll see you this fall in Heinz WE ‘RE GOIN CRAZY !!! “
Smith-Schuster had 97 catches for 831 yards and nine touchdowns in 2020 and has recorded 308 touchdowns for 3,726 yards and 26 touchdowns in four seasons with the Steelers. He made the Pro Bowl in 2018.
The 24-year-old has already made his mark in both NFL history and licensing.
He was the first catcher in NFL history to score a dozen 100-yard receiving games, and also the first to catch 200 passes, before turning 23. The interim is the youngest player in it. the league history to tally 2,500 positions get a yard.
Smith-Schuster also holds the Steelers postseason record for single-game playoffs with 13.