The Pittsburgh Steelers released their first depth regular season depth chart for the 2012 season on Monday, and there really are no surprises listed on it.
Chris Rainey is listed as the primary kick and punt returner over Emmanuel Sanders and Antonio Brown respectively.
Casey Hampton is listed as the starting nose tackle over Steve McLendon, but rest assured that both will rotate in and see quite a bit of time early in the season.
Despite a solid preseason, Jonathan Dwyer remains behind Isaac Redman, who remains behind the rehabbing Rashard Mendenhall.
Despite missing all of the offseason program and training camp, Mike Wallace is back atop the “x” receiver spot on the depth chart.
Steelers 2012 Week 1 Depth Chart
| OFFENSE | ||
| WR 17 MIKE WALLACE (6-0, 199, 4) | 88 Emmanuel Sanders (5-11, 180, 3) | |
| LT 78 MAX STARKS (6-8, 345, 9) | 76 Mike Adams (6-7, 323, R) | |
| LG 74 WILLIE COLON (6-3, 315, 7) | 68 Kelvin Beachum (6-3, 306, R) | |
| C 53 MAURKICE POUNCEY (6-4, 304, 3) | 64 Doug Legursky (6-1, 315, 4) | |
| RG 73 RAMON FOSTER (6-6, 325, 4) | 66 David DeCastro (6-5, 316, R) | |
| RT 77 MARCUS GILBERT (6-6, 330, 2) | 76 Mike Adams (6-7, 323, R) | |
| TE 83 HEATH MILLER (6-5, 256, 8) | 45 Leonard Pope (6-8, 264, 7) | 48 David Paulson (6-4, 241, R) |
| RB 34 RASHARD MENDENHALL (5-10, 225, 5) | 3 3 Isaac Redman (6-0, 230, 3) | 27 Jonathan Dwyer (5-11, 229, 3) |
| 20 Baron Batch (5-10, 210, 2) | 22 Chris Rainey (5-8, 178, R) | |
| FB 46 WILL JOHNSON (6-2, 238, 1) | ||
| QB 7 BEN ROETHLISBERGER (6-5, 241, 9) | 4 Byron Leftwich (6-5, 250, 10) | 16 Charlie Batch (6-2, 216, 15) |
| WR 84 ANTONIO BROWN (5-10, 186, 3) | 89 Jerricho Cotchery (6-1, 200, 9) | |
| DEFENSE | ||
| DE 96 ZIGGY HOOD (6-3, 300, 4) | 65 Al Woods (6-4, 307, 3) | |
| NT 98 CASEY HAMPTON (6-1, 325, 12) | 90 Steve McLendon (6-4, 280, 3) | 95 Alameda Ta’amu (6-2, 348, R) |
| DE 99 BRETT KEISEL (6-5, 285, 11) | 97 Cameron Heyward (6-5, 288, 2) | |
| LOLB 56 LAMARR WOODLEY (6-2, 265, 6) | 93 Jason Worilds (6-2, 262, 3) | |
| LILB 50 LARRY FOOTE (6-1, 239, 11) | 55 Stevenson Sylvester (6-2, 231, 3) | |
| RILB 94 LAWRENCE TIMMONS (6-1, 234, 6) | 48 Brandon Johnson (6-5, 245, 7) | |
| ROLB 92 JAMES HARRISON (6-0, 242, 9) | 54 Chris Carter (6-1, 248, 2) | 46 Adrian Robinson (6-1, 250, R) |
| LCB 23 KEENAN LEWIS (6-0, 208, 4) | 28 Cortez Allen (6-1, 196, 2) | |
| FS 25 RYAN CLARK (5-11, 205, 11) | 29 Ryan Mundy (6-1, 209, 4) | 30 Robert Golden (5-11, 202, R) |
| SS 43 TROY POLAMALU (5-10, 207, 10) | 26 Will Allen (6-1, 200, 9) | |
| RCB 24 IKE TAYLOR (6-2, 195, 10) | 31 Curtis Brown (6-0, 185, 2) | |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||
| P 9 DREW BUTLER (6-1, 204, R) | ||
| PK 6 SHAUN SUISHAM (6-0, 200, 8) | ||
| LS 60 GREG WARREN (6-3, 252, 8) | ||
| H 9 DREW BUTLER (6-1, 204, R) | ||
| KR 22 CHRIS RAINEY (5-8, 178, R) | 88 Emmanuel Sanders (5-11, 180, 3) | |
| PR 22 CHRIS RAINEY (5-8, 178, R) | 84 Antonio Brown (5-10, 186, 3) | |
