The Pittsburgh Steelers have traded for WR Michael Pittman Jr. Today, I wanted to see how he was utilized from a route-type perspective. The goal is to see frequencies and success, while also comparing Pittman to Pittsburgh’s top two receivers last season for some context.
Thanks to data from Sports Info Solutions (SIS), here is a table with the numbers from last season (excluding low usage routes), sorted by Pittman’s highest routes run (rts):
First, we see the dig route was the most common one that Pittman ran. For clarity, this is an intermediate in-breaking route. He ran it far more than DK Metcalf and Calvin Austin III combined for the Steelers in 2025.