The Pittsburgh Steelers’ annual dwelling run derby has been gained by Ok Ben Sauls, marking the primary time in three years that it hasn’t been a quarterback. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin posted an image with Sauls after he took dwelling the title.
It doesn’t seem that Sauls performed baseball in highschool. As an alternative, he centered on soccer and soccer, however clearly has some pop in his bat. Not like 2024 winner Justin Fields and 2022 and 2023 champ Kenny Pickett, each baseball standouts in highschool, Sauls gained with out loads of current organized expertise within the sport.
With Ok Chris Boswell on the lookout for a brand new contract and customarily not kicking quite a bit throughout coaching camp and the preseason, Sauls has had some alternatives for the Steelers. He kicked the entire sport throughout Pittsburgh’s preseason opening win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, going 4-4 on additional factors, together with making a 48-yard additional level after TE Darnell Washington was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct after his landing. Sauls additionally nailed a 36-yard discipline purpose.
Whereas his path to beating out Boswell is near-impossible, he’ll go away a everlasting mark on Steelers historical past as a house run derby champ. With Pickett profitable two titles, Sauls provides to the Pitt legacy of dwelling run derby champions, as three of the final 4 winners have come from the varsity with which the Steelers share a facility.
The Steelers have only one extra follow at Saint Vincent School tomorrow earlier than packing up and shutting coaching camp. The group could have a joint follow with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Wednesday forward of the 2 groups assembly for a preseason sport on Saturday. It wouldn’t be a shock if Sauls performed the entire sport on Saturday, and it’ll be a great alternative for the undrafted rookie to audition for a beginning kicker job.
The annual dwelling run derby is an instance of what makes Steelers’ coaching camp, and camps away from a group’s dwelling facility, so particular. It’s an important bonding second between gamers and coaches, and it helps construct camaraderie forward of an extended season. It’s a second that Sauls will all the time cherish, and he’ll have the ability to inform his household all concerning the time he beat out some future Corridor of Famers to take dwelling the Steelers’ dwelling run derby crown.
