most receiving yards in first rookie seasons by a steeler

JuJu Smith-Schuster had the most receiving yards by a rookie for the Steelers in his first season, with 917 yards in 2017.

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	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	JuJu Smith-Schuster J. Smith-Schuster	917	2017	PIT	14	58	79	15.8	65.5	7	0	0		0.0	0
2	Jimmy Orr J. Orr	910	1958	PIT	12	33		27.6	75.8	7	8	1	8.0	0.7	0
3	Chase Claypool C. Claypool	873	2020	PIT	16	62	109	14.1	54.6	9	16	10	1.6	1.0	2
4	Louis Lipps L. Lipps	860	1984	PIT	14	45		19.1	61.4	9	71	3	23.7	5.1	1
5	Santonio Holmes S. Holmes	824	2006	PIT	16	49	86	16.8	51.5	2	13	1	13.0	0.8	0
6	George Pickens G. Pickens	801	2022	PIT	17	52	84	15.4	47.1	4	24	3	8.0	1.4	1
7	Mike Wallace M. Wallace	756	2009	PIT	16	39	72	19.4	47.3	6	48	5	9.6	3.0	0
8	Troy Edwards T. Edwards	714	1999	PIT	16	61	118	11.7	44.6	5	0	0		0.0	0
9	Ron Shanklin R. Shanklin	691	1970	PIT	14	30		23.0	49.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
10	Diontae Johnson D. Johnson	680	2019	PIT	16	59	92	11.5	42.5	5	41	4	10.3	2.6	0
11	Eli Rogers E. Rogers	594	2016	PIT	13	48	66	12.4	45.7	3	6	1	6.0	0.5	0
12	Charles Johnson C. Johnson	577	1994	PIT	16	38		15.2	36.1	3	-1	4	-0.3	-0.1	0
13	Martavis Bryant M. Bryant	549	2014	PIT	10	26	49	21.1	54.9	8	12	3	4.0	1.2	0
14	Pat Freiermuth P. Freiermuth	497	2021	PIT	16	60	79	8.3	31.1	7	0	0		0.0	0
15	Antwaan Randle El A. Randle El	489	2002	PIT	16	47	65	10.4	30.6	2	134	19	7.1	8.4	0
16	Najee Harris N. Harris	467	2021	PIT	17	74	94	6.3	27.5	3	1,200	307	3.9	70.6	7
17	Heath Miller H. Miller	459	2005	PIT	16	39	52	11.8	28.7	6	0	0		0.0	0
18	Henry Minarik H. Minarik	459	1951	PIT	11	35		13.1	41.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
19	Dave Smith D. Smith	458	1970	PIT	14	30		15.3	32.7	2	6	1	6.0	0.4	0
20	Derek Hill D. Hill	455	1989	PIT	16	28		16.3	28.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
21	Buddy Dial B. Dial	428	1959	PIT	12	16		26.8	35.7	6	0	0		0.0	0
22	Sam Boyd S. Boyd	423	1939	PIT	11	21		20.1	38.5	2	0	0		0.0	0
23	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	399	2013	PIT	13	45	66	8.9	30.7	0	860	244	3.5	66.2	8
24	Bobby Shaw B. Shaw	387	1999	PIT	15	28	43	13.8	25.8	3	0	0		0.0	0
25	Eric Green E. Green	387	1990	PIT	13	34		11.4	29.8	7	0	0		0.0	0

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Thu 10/1	PIT	@	CLE	8:15 PM
Sun 10/11	IND	@	PIT	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	PIT	@	TB	1:00 PM
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Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
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Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	2	1	0	.667
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	3	0	.000