Rookie Chase Claypool has only Steelers jersey among top 140 sellers on NFL site

Chris Adamski
Monday, May 11, 2020 4:06 p.m. | Monday, May 11, 2020 4:06 p.m.

Reciever Chase Claypool runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in February. The top draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers last month, Claypool’s black No. 11 was listed as the best-selling Steelers jersey on the NFL’s official apparel sales site.

The Pittsburgh Steelers remain one of the NFL’s most popular franchises. That, though, is not currently reflected in the league’s jersey sales.

Only one Steelers jersey was among the top 147 sellers listed on the NFL’s official apparel website Monday. That was of rookie receiver Chase Claypool, whose black (home) No. 11 was listed as the 39th-best seller. The next-highest selling Steelers’ jersey on nflshop.com was a black No. 55 of second-year linebacker Devin Bush. It ranked 148th.

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The list includes myriad jersey styles: each team’s dark- and white- colored, many teams’ third jerseys, plus former players, throwbacks and women’s- and children’s-style jerseys.

For obvious reasons, rookies and players who changed teams dominate the top of the list. Recently drafted Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s new No. 1 has the top two spots (aqua No. 1, white No. 2), and future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady has Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10. Brady signed with Tampa Bay in March after 20 seasons with the New England Patriots, and the Buccaneers also coincidentally revamped their jerseys this offseason.

Two Rob Gronkowski jerseys also are in the top 10. Gronkowski recently came out of retirement to play with former teammate Brady and the Bucs this season.

Following Claypool and Bush among Steelers’ jerseys were a back JuJu Smith-Schuster No. 19 and a throwback No. 36 Jerome Bettis.

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Chris Adamski is a TribLive reporter who has covered primarily the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2014 following two seasons on the Penn State football beat. A Western Pennsylvania native, he joined the Trib in 2012 after spending a decade covering Pittsburgh sports for other outlets. He can be reached at cadamski@triblive.com.