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Steelers 2-a-days: Terrell Edmunds could be a star; brother, Trey, would settle for roster spot

Chris Adamski
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Chaz Palla | Tribune-Review
The Steelers’ Terrell Edmunds goes through drills during OTAs Thursday, May 23, 2019 at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex.

Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2019 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, (at least) two per day, between June 14 and July 26.

S TERRELL EDMUNDS

Experience: 2nd season

Contract status: $2.43 million cap hit in 2019, signed through 2021 with team option for 2022

2019 outlook: Edmunds became one of the Steelers’ more valuable defenders as a surprise first-round pick last season — he almost never left the field. Only five defensive players across the entire league played more snaps. But how much will Edmunds’ role change heading into Year 2? The Steelers added a hybrid safety/linebacker in Mark Barron, and drafted a linebacker with safety speed in Devin Bush. Still, it’s difficult to conceive a package in which a swift and athletic in-the-box safety such as Edmunds is not on the field. Could he be a breakout star in 2019?

RB TREY EDMUNDS

Experience: 3rd season

Contract status: $645,000 cap hit in 2019, restricted free agent after the season

2019 outlook: Trey is the other Edmunds who played at Virginia Tech who’s on the Steelers — though as an undrafted free agent, his status with the team is much more precarious. Trey Edmunds appeared in all 16 games of his 2017 rookie season with New Orleans but was cut at the end of last year’s training camp. He hooked on to the Steelers’ practice squad and was promoted to the active roster for the final four games of the season. Edmunds is well-liked and considered a good special-teams player, so he might stick again in 2019. However, the Steelers running backs room is crowded with talent, so that’s no sure thing.

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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.

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