Steelers’ Rookie Galbreath Standing Out At Follow: ‘That is The Man’

Information of Pittsburgh Steelers tight finish Donald Parham’s harm drummed up extra commerce discuss for Miami Dolphins’ Jonnu Smith and the Atlanta Falcons’ Kyle Pitts. However internally, it was Steelers’ rookie JJ Galbreath apparently making performs. After the workforce’s closing OTA follow wrapped up Thursday, rookie QB Will Howard couldn’t assist however present Galbreath, certainly one of his favourite targets, some love.

“That’s the man, man,” Howard informed reporters through the Pittsburgh DSEN YouTube channel. “We’ve been doing loads of work, us rookies collectively and strolling by means of stuff after each follow. Each rep that we don’t get, ensuring we bang these out. And like I stated, psychological reps. I imply, shoot, JJs been getting open for me.”

The query to proceed the reply joked if “No. 87” – Galbreath’s jersey quantity – was “providing you with cash,” the implication being Howard was peppering him with targets throughout follow. We don’t have private eyes or knowledge on how typically Howard-to-Galbreath occurred, that should wait till coaching camp, nevertheless it’s a notable takeaway. Spring practices are helpful for everybody however particularly rookies like these two. Getting in further work is proactive, as our Matthew Marczi not too long ago wrote about.

Galbreath makes up certainly one of Pittsburgh’s strongest undrafted free agent lessons in years. Pre-draft, he flew below the radar, partly attributable to struggling a shoulder that value him a month of the season mid-way by means of the yr. Steelers Depot was probably the one outlet to even write a pre-draft scouting report on him, giving him a draftable grade and glowing remarks for his athleticism and ball-tracking capacity. Not even revered and complete retailers like Dane Brugler’s “The Beast” and Emory Hunt’s draft information had experiences on Galbreath.

Although he performed at a small college, Galbreath put up eye-catching numbers. Over his closing two seasons, he caught a mixed 68 receptions for 1,048 yards and 9 touchdowns. He was named All-FCS First-Group as as senior regardless of the harm. And he examined nicely at his Professional Day, working a 4.68-40 yard sprint, 38-inch vertical, and gaudy 6.82 three-cone time. Pittsburgh, nonetheless, had him on their radar and despatched Professional Scouting Director Sheldon White to his exercise.

There’s flaws in his sport like all undrafted participant, his dimension is below-average at 6033, 231 kilos, and he wants refinement as a blocker.

However there’s a path for Galbreath to stay. Possibly not on the 53-man roster however the workforce’s follow squad. It’d imply his rookie yr is spent behind the scenes serving to out the scout workforce. However it could additionally imply extra reps with Howard and the prospect to additional what seems to be a budding connection.