Pittsburgh Steelers Rookie Minicamp: Day 1

The Pittsburgh Steelers officially opened rookie minicamp on Friday. It’s the first step the rookies get to get on the field in front of the coaching staff. It’s also a big chance for the undrafted rookie free agents as well as the tryouts.

The Steelers have signed 14 first-year players and also invited 20 undrafted rookies for tryouts. You might remember some of the names from last year’s draft and the practice squad. They’ll all get a chance to make the 90-man roster again. According to the Steelers website, below is the roster for the Steelers 2014 rookie minicamp.

Number	Player	Position	College
50	Ryan Shazier	LB	Ohio State
91	Stephon Tuitt	DE	Notre Dame
34	Dri Archer	RB/WR	Kent State
10	Martavis Bryant	WR	Clemson
31	Shaquille Richardson	CB	Arizona
67	Wesley Johnson	OL	Vanderbilt
56	Jordan Zumwalt	LB	UCLA
74	Daniel McCullers	DL	Tennessee
87	Rob Blanchflower	TE	Massachusetts
61	Chris Elkins	OL	Youngstown State
79	Ethan Hemer	DE	Wisconsin
62	Kaycee Ike	OT	UAB
47	Howard Jones	LB	Shepherd
8	Brendon Kay	QB	Cincinnati
71	Josh Mauro	DE	Stanford
62	Roy Philon	DT	Louisville
65	Will Simmons	OG	East Carolina
80	Eric Waters	TE	Missouri
33	Alvester Alexander	RB	Wyoming
15	Justin Brown	WR	Oklahoma
13	Danny Coale	WR	Virginia Tech
18	Jasper Collins	WR	Mount Union
42	Jordan Dangerfield	S	Towson
45	Bryce Davis	LS	Central Oklahoma
74	Christopher Hubbard	G	UAB
65	Al Lapuaho	DT	Utah State
30	Miguel Maysonet	RB	Stony Brook
45	Dan Molls	LB	Toledo
19	Kashif Moore	WR	Connecticut
17	Lanear Sampson	WR	Baylor
30	Devin Smith	DB	Wisconsin
9	Brad Wing	P	LSU
49	*Jordan Hall	HB	Ohio State
2	*Mason Espinosa	QB	Ohio Wesleyan
4	*Terrance Owens	QB	Toledo
50	*Vincent Jones	C	Utah
56	*Adam Gress	OT	Penn State
57	*Grant King	OT	Georgia State
26	*Jake Demadel	S	St. Francis
33	*Lew Toler	CB	Rutgers
34	*Corey Brown	CB	Ohio State
8	*Cameron Truss	CB	Bowling Green
37	*Devon Carrington	CB	Stanford
27	*Najja Johnson	CB	Buffalo
44	*Maalik Bomar	LB	Cincinnati
40	*Delbert Tyler	LB	Hampton
46	*Shayne Gordon	LB	Pittsburgh
61	*Mike Franklin	DT	Sheppard
64	*Jibreel Black	DT	Michigan
42	*Cody Webster	P	Purdue
9	*Dayonne Nunley	CB	Miami (OH)
38	*Dorian Bell	LB	Duquesne

*TRYOUT

One of the players the coaches most wanted to see out on the field was sixth round pick NT Daniel McCullers, who apparently showed on the first day that he can run, for a big guy. That’s exactly what the coaches wanted to see.

"“Show that I can run to the ball, that I do have speed and that I will use it. Run to the ball. That’s what they’ve wanted me to do from the moment they brought me here.” – Daniel McCullers"

While it is technically the first day on the job for the recent draft picks, they’re still trying to make a good first impression even with all the information they’re receiving.

"“The information is flying at you. You just learned a little bit of it not too long ago and now you are going out there trying to digest it and play. It’s kind of fast, but it’s going to help us.” – Ryan Shazier"

The rookies will have through Sunday to work out for the coaches before breaking until May 27^th for the first OTA with the rest of the team.

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