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Anthony McFarland Jr. will put on No. 26 for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
This previous weekend the Pittsburgh Steelers introduced the jersey numbers that might be worn by this 12 months’s rookie class.
Second-round choose Chase Claypool selected No. 11, which large receiver Donte Moncrief wore—albeit solely a handful of occasions—final 12 months. Third-round choose Alex Highsmith selected No. 56, most lately owned by linebacker Anthony Chickillo.
Anthony McFarland, Jr. Selects Le’Veon Bell’s Outdated Quantity
In the meantime, rookie fourth-rounder Anthony McFarland, Jr. attracted discover by selecting to put on No. 26, his manner of paying homage to self-exiled operating again Le’Veon Bell, now with the New York Jets.
Explaining his choice to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Evaluation, McFarland stated, “I watch [Bell’s] sport, I research his movie as someone who’s been an ideal again within the league for a very long time. It’s positively me trying up at him and never an indication of disrespect.”
By no means thoughts that McFarland’s type bears little resemblance to Bell’s counter-intuitive, affected person method to operating the ball. McFarland is a quick-to-the gap again, one who’s extra more likely to break off long-gainers, as he did in a 2018 sport towards Ohio State when he had landing runs of 81 and 75 yards en path to 298 dashing yards.
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It must also be famous that No. 26 was McFarland’s second alternative; he determined to let school teammate Antoine Brooks, Jr., put on No. 25, the identical quantity Brooks wore on the College of Maryland.
Lastly, seventh-round choose Carlos Davis will put on No. 73, whereas fourth-rounder Kevin Dotson will go together with No. 69, the quantity chosen for him by Steelers followers, through a ballot Dotson carried out on his Twitter account. No. 69 received out in a landslide, with 56 p.c of the vote, chosen forward of numbers 65, 68 and 79, none of which garnered greater than 17 p.c of the vote.
For what it’s value, Dotson has already endeared himself to Steelers followers—partially as a result of he’s a longtime fan himself.
“I’ve been a Steelers fan all my life, and I understand how our followers roll,” stated Dotson in a video interview with Missi Matthews for Steelers.com. “The quantity of assist I get from them already is ridiculous. I attempt to do as a lot as I can to indicate my appreciation to the followers.”
But another excuse why followers have taken a liking to Dotson is his matter-of-fact method to trash-talking. In school, Dotson would sometimes inform the defensive lineman throughout from him “that the play is coming proper behind me … now what are you going to do about it? As soon as I beat them, that destroys their confidence,” stated Dotson. “That actually hurts their psyche.”
In fact, telling your opponent the forthcoming play received’t work within the NFL, and Dotson admits he doesn’t plan to proceed the follow on the skilled degree. However then he added, “If I get to that time the place I can get that confidence in, who is aware of?”
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Veteran Free Agent Jersey Numbers
In the meantime, in different jersey-related information, the Steelers have introduced that veteran free agent acquisition Eric Ebron will put on No. 85, whereas Derek Watt will sport No. 44 and Stefan Wisniewski will squeeze right into a No. 61 jersey.
Defensive lineman Chris Wormley, acquired in an unlikely commerce with the Baltimore Ravens, will put on No. 95.
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