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Steelers 2022 training camp positional breakdown: Specialists

Chris Adamski
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Pittsburgh Steelers place kicker Chris Boswell and punter/holder Pressley Harvin III, along with the Baltimore Ravens’ Anthony Levine Sr., watch as Boswell’s kick splits the uprights for the game winner in overtime of last season’s regular-season finale at M&T Bank Stadium. The win ultimately got the Steelers into the playoffs.

The Pittsburgh Steelers report to 2022 training camp Tuesday. Here’s a look at each of the specialists on the roster.

9 CHRIS BOSWELL · 6-2 · 185

Firmly recognized as one of the NFL’s best kickers, Boswell is eligible for a contract extension as he enters the final year of his current deal. Will he get it before the season starts?

16 NICK SCIBA · 5-9 · 191

The NCAA record holder for consecutive field goals made and career field-goal percentage, Sciba made the team off a tryout at rookie minicamp. But does he have high-level NFL leg strength?


Steelers 2022 training camp positional breakdowns

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6 PRESSLEY HARVIN III · 6-0 · 255

The big-legged Harvin was inconsistent as a rookie draft pick last season, but coaches like his talent and work ethic so his job is safe for now.

4 CAMERON NIZIALEK · 6-2 · 200

Nizialek punted in four games for the Atlanta Falcons last season and is a good insurance policy if Harvin is injured. But aside from that, he would require a complete Harvin implosion to make the team.

46 CHRISTIAN KUNTZ · 6-1 · 228

A Chartiers Valley product, Kuntz finally made a 53-man roster last year, his fifth in an NFL training camp. He was good enough that the Steelers didn’t even bother bringing in competition at long snapper this year.


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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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