Steelers Announce 2019 Rookie Minicamp Roster

The Pittsburgh Steelers 2019 rookie minicamp will get underway on Friday and the team has finally released the full roster of players that will participate in it.

In total, 60 players will participate in this year’s Steelers rookie minicamp. 9 of those players are the team’s 2019 draft picks, linebacker Devin Bush, wide receiver Diontae Johnson, cornerback Justin Layne, running back Benny Snell Jr., tight end Zach Gentry, outside linebacker Sutton Smith, defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs, linebacker Ulysees Gilbert III, and tackle Derwin Gray.

Additionally, the 11 undrafted free agents the Steelers have since signed will also participate and those players are safety Dravon Askew-Henry, punter Ian Berryman, guard Garrett Brumfield, defensive end Jay Hayes, guard Fred Johnson, running back Travon McMillan, cornerback Alexander Myres, defensive tackle Chris Nelson, tight end Trevor Wood, kicker Matthew Wright, and safety P.J. Locke III.

It appears as though there are 18 rookies as tryout players this year:

CB Ravon Davis – Maryland
S Arnold Tarpley – Vanderbilt
WR Kaion Julien-Grant – St. Francis Xavier
K Matthew White – Monmouth
QB Keller Chryst – Tennessee
CB Antonio Blackmon – Purdue
LB Tuzar Skipper – Toledo
QB Devin Hodges – Sanford
RB Cardon Johnson – James Madison
RB Steve McShane – Western Illinois
LB Matthew Oplinger – Yale
G/T Drew Desjarlais – Windsor
G/T Dwayne Wallace – Kansas
T Ryker Matthews – BYU
G/T Jesse Gibbon – Waterloo
T Damian Prince – Maryland
WR Nehan Crawford Duquesne
TE Milan Richard – Clemson

Below is a quick recap of the jersey numbers for this year’s draft class for the rookie minicamp and only Bush’s number has been made official and permanent by the team to date:

55 Devin Bush
18 Diontae Johnson
31 Justin Layne
24 Benny Snell Jr.
83 Zach Gentry
51 Sutton Smith
96 Isaiah Buggs
54 Ulysees Gilbert III
77 Derwin Gray