HINES WARD

#86

GEORGIA 

WIDE RECEIVER 1 

PRO Is one of the top receivers in the NFL and is the longest-tenured wide receiver with the same team in the league…is a four-time Pro Bowl selection (2002-2005)…is the team’s all-time leader in receptions (895), receiving yards (10,947) and receiving touchdowns (78)…is the only Steeler to have at least 800 career catches and over 9,000 receiving yards…became the only receiver in Steelers’ history to surpass 1,000 receiving yards for four straight seasons (2001-2004)…has team records for receptions in a season (112), which he set in 2002…posted 12 TD receptions in 2003 to tie Louis Lipps’ (1985) and Buddy Dail’s team record…drafted by Pittsburgh in the third round (92^nd overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft…named to Associated Press’ All-Pro second team in both 2003 and 2004…was named the Steelers’ co-MVP in 2005 (along with Casey Hampton) and 2002 (with Joey Porter), and outright in 2003…earned Super Bowl XL MVP honors after finishing with a game-high 123 receiving yards on five receptions with one touchdown…has led the Steelers in receptions the past 10 years (tied with Troy Edwards in 1999)…has caught a pass in a team-record 162 games entering the 2009 season…was named to the Steelers’ 75^th Season All-Time Team during the 2007 season…named the Steelers’ 2008 Walter Payton Man of the Year…signed a five-year contract in 2001…signed a four-year extension during the 2005 training camp…restricted his contract during the 2009 offseason and signed an extension to keep him with the team through 2013.

#72 

TEXAS :( 

LEFT TACKLE 1

PRO Signed a one-year contract with the Steelers on March, 9, 2010…signed to the Bills 53-man roster on December 18, 2008…played with the Bills the last two seasons (2008-2009)…released by the Detroit Lions on August 30, 2008…was originally drafted by the Lions in the fifth round (141^st overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft.

#68

UTAH

LEFT GUARD 1

Drafted by the Steelers in the sixth round (204^th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft…became full-time starter in 2008 at RG…signed a five-year contract during the 2009 offseason to keep him with the team through the 2013 season.

MAURKICE

POUNCEY

#53

FLORIDA UNIVERSITY

CENTER

Drafted by the Steelers in the first round (18th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft…became the first center selected by Pittsburgh since the 1937 NFL Draft (Mike Basrak)…can also play offensive guard…entered the NFL Draft following his junior season.

#73

TENESSEE

RUNNING GUARD 1

 Played a significant role in his rookie season for the offensive line…signed by the Steelers as an undrafted free agent on April 27, 2009…played in 14 and started four games as a rookie in place of the injured Chris Kemoeatu...provided blocking for RB Rashard Mendenhall and QB Ben Roethlisberger to have record-setting seasons.

#71

MICHIGAN STATE

RUNNING TACKLE

#83

VIRGINIA 

TIGHT END 1

Earned his first trip to the Pro Bowl in 2009…arguably one of the most complete tight ends in the NFL with his blocking and pass-catching skills…named to USA Today All-Joe Team following the 2008 season for his unsung efforts…became a huge part of the offense in his rookie year…gave the Steelers a receiving threat from the TE position, tying or setting multiple receiving records for tight ends…continued the Steelers’ tradition of great blocking tight ends…selected in the first round (30^th overall) in the 2005 NFL Draft…was the first tight end taken by the Steelers in the first round since Mark Bruener was selected in the first round (27^th overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft…recipient of the 2005 Joe Greene Great Performance Award, given annually to the top Steelers’ rookie.

#34 

ILLINOIS

RUNNING BACK 1

Exploded onto the scene in 2009 with one of the best single-season rushing performances in Steelers’ history…drafted by the Steelers in the first round (23^rd overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft out of Illinois…became the first running back taken by Pittsburgh in the first round of the NFL Draft since the team selected Tim Worley in 1989 (7^th overall)…played in four games as a rookie and made one start…suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in Week 4 versus the Baltimore Ravens in 2008.

#85

ARKANSAS STATE

FULL BACK

Drafted by the Steelers in the seventh round (241^st overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft.

#7

MIAMI (OHIO)

QUARTER BACK

 Signed an eight-year contract during the 2008 offseason to keep him with the team through 2015…is a big, athletic quarterback with a strong arm…has quickly evolved into one of the NFL’s most consistent quarterbacks as he owns a 91.7 career passer rating, the best in Steelers’ history…has guided the team to two Super Bowl victories (XL, XLII) in the past five years, becoming the second-youngest QB to win his second Super Bowl (Tom Brady)…helped the Steelers become the first team to win three road playoff games and the Super Bowl in 2005…became the youngest starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl at just 23 years old…has compiled an impressive 60-26 (.697) record as a starter in the regular season and an 8-2 (.800) mark in the postseason…became the fifth QB since the NFL merger (1970) to lead his team to the conference title in three of his first five seasons (Roger Staubach, Bernie Kosar, Tom Brady, Donovan McNabb)…his 51 wins in his first five seasons are the most by a QB in league history, surpassing such QBs as Otto Graham, Dan Marino,Tom Brady and John Elway…has engineered 22 career fourth-quarter (and overtime) come-from-behind victories in his first six seasons…was the Steelers’ first-round selection (11^th overall) in the 2004 NFL Draft…was the Steelers first QB taken in the first round since Mark Malone in 1980…led the team to an NFL rookie record of 13 straight victories and the AFC Championship Game…earned his first Pro Bowl selection following the 2007 season after breaking the team’s single-season passing touchdowns mark (32) and passer-rating mark (104.1).

#17

MISSISSIPPI

WIDE RECEIVER