Steelers training camp positional breakdown: Specialists
SPECIALISTS
9 CHRIS BOSWELL · 6-2 · 185
Should Boswell have been the Steelers’ 2024 team MVP? After going 76 of 79 on kicks and making first-team All-Pro, Boswell took the torch from Justin Tucker as the league’s best kicker.
29 BEN SAULS · 5-9 · 182
Barring injury, Sauls won’t be the Steelers’ kicker this season, but the Pitt alum begins his journey on a pro career. The Steelers typically bring two kickers to camp; Sauls will get to show what he can do.
5 CAMERON JOHNSTON · 5-11 · 194
Signed to a three-year, $9 million free-agent deal last spring, Johnston was to solve the Steelers’ punting problems. He did so — for 3 ½ quarters until a torn ACL ended his season. He’s back at 100%.
3 CORLISS WAITMAN · 6-2 · 210
Waitman filled in admirably in Johnston’s stead — so much so that coordinator Danny Smith labeled the punter job an open competition. Waitman had prior NFL experience and in the past was a Steelers’ fill-in.
46 CHRISTIAN KUNTZ · 6-1 · 228
Back for a fifth year as the Steelers’ long snapper, Kuntz (Chartiers Valley, Duquesne University) is a good local story. But he’s been good at his job in his own right.
45 TUCKER ADDINGTON · 6-2 · 230
A late-offseason add, Addington is joining his fifth team and has 10 regular-season games of service time over three seasons. He’s a longshot to beat out Kuntz but provides insurance and a reliable camp skillset.
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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