Pittsburgh Steelers 2025 Fantasy Football Projections
Updated: Tuesday, September 2, 2025Our 2025 fantasy football projections below are for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Projected fantasy points are based on half-PPR scoring.
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| Player | Att. | Comp. | Yards | TD | INT | Rush | Yards | TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Rodgers | 506.8 | 321.8 | 3572.9 | 23.06 | 10.14 | 40.3 | 151.1 | 1.61 | 239.65 |
| Mason Rudolph | 35.2 | 22.5 | 237.6 | 1.44 | 1.02 | 4.7 | 14.1 | 0.09 | 15.17 |
| QB Totals | 542 | 344.3 | 3810.5 | 24.5 | 11.16 | 45 | 165.2 | 1.7 | 254.82 |
Aaron Rodgers: Rodgers was QB19 on a per-game basis in 2024 with Garrett Wilson and Davante Adams (for 11 games). Yes, the Steelers traded for Jonnu Smith, but the receiving corps is a downgrade from what he had last year and it will be interesting to see how he and DK Metcalf mesh. While the four-time NFL Most Valuable Player will be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, there's zero reason to draft Rodgers in standard (single-QB) leagues.
RUNNING BACKS
| Player | Att. | Yards | TD | Rec. | Yards | TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Warren | 158.9 | 730.9 | 3.18 | 50.3 | 358.3 | 1.2 | 160.35 |
| Kaleb Johnson | 218.2 | 949.2 | 5.67 | 15.2 | 107 | 0.4 | 149.64 |
| Kenneth Gainwell | 52.2 | 219.2 | 1.44 | 12.2 | 87 | 0.3 | 47.16 |
| RB Totals | 429.3 | 1899.3 | 10.29 | 77.7 | 552.3 | 1.9 | 357.15 |
Jaylen Warren: Warren has been efficient with his touches — career 4.8 YPC and 7.0 Y/R — and could see a year-over-year bump in workload with rookie Kaleb Johnson replacing Najee Harris. A talented receiving back, Warren's receiving work dipped in 2024 (3.1 targets and 2.5 catches per game) from 2023 (4.35 targets and 3.6 catches), but last year's quarterback duo of Russell Wilson and Justin Fields ran 105 times combined. I'm not going out on a limb to say that Aaron Rodgers will run much less than that, and therefore Warren should be the recipient of more dumpoffs.
Kaleb Johnson: As Steelers.com's Dale Lolley writes, Johnson is "a bruising one-cut runner who should fit perfectly as a zone-scheme runner" in Pittsburgh's offense. With Najee Harris departing for the Los Angeles Chargers, Johnson should fill a similar role/workload within Pittsburgh's offense. Although I have Johnson projected for a little less, Harris had more than 250 carries and 1,000 rushing yards in all four seasons with the Steelers. Johnson's struggles in pass protection, however, could lead to less snaps than he'd otherwise get.
WIDE RECEIVERS
| Player | Rec. | Yards | TD | Rush | Yards | TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Metcalf | 78.9 | 1130.9 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198.74 |
| Calvin Austin III | 38 | 521.8 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90.98 |
| Roman Wilson | 27.4 | 335.8 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.48 |
| Scotty Miller | 6.7 | 86.6 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.41 |
| Ben Skowronek | 4.9 | 50.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.67 |
| WR Totals | 155.9 | 2125.3 | 13.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 373.28 |
DK Metcalf: Metcalf started 2024 with a bang — three 100-yard games in the first four weeks with a total of 24/366/2 receiving during that stretch (as fantasy's WR7 through Week 4). While he missed a couple of weeks in the middle of the season, he only reached 60 receiving yards in three of his other 11 games and was outside the top 40 wide receivers in fantasy points per game from Weeks 5-18. While both Jonnu Smith and Pat Freiermuth could be the second- and third-most productive pass catcher on the team in 2025, Metcalf is the clear WR1 (and top pass catcher) in the offense and a rebound from last year's non-rookie low of 7.2 targets per game should occur.
TIGHT ENDS
| Player | Rec. | Yards | TD | Rush | Yards | TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonnu Smith | 51.2 | 539.5 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105.95 |
| Pat Freiermuth | 51 | 511.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.66 |
| Darnell Washington | 5.7 | 57.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.38 |
| Connor Heyward | 2.7 | 24.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.39 |
| TE Totals | 110.6 | 1132.8 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 221.38 |
Jonnu Smith: Smith finished last year with 88 receptions for 884 yards and eight touchdowns on 111 targets, all of which ranked top four among tight ends in 2024 and were career highs for the 29-year-old tight end. From Week 5 on, he led the Miami Dolphins in all four receiving categories. Traded to the Steelers this offseason, he's more likely to post numbers similar to his previous season with Arthur Smith (50/582/3 in 2023) than last year's Miami numbers.
Pat Freiermuth: Freiermuth posted a career high in receptions (65), catch rate (83.3%) and yards per target (8.4) while tying another with seven touchdowns in 2024. With the Steelers trading for Jonnu Smith, however, it's going to be difficult for him to repeat last year's numbers (65/653/7, TE10 overall — TE13 on PPG basis). That said, both tight ends could rank top three on the team in targets.