Kaleb Johnson's Steelers Nightmare: From Third-Round Hope to Bust?

0:00It's April 7th, I'm Cory with the story and this is NFL News Today, football news powered by AI. Pittsburgh Steelers grab running back Caleb Johnson in the third round of the 2025 NFL draft, banking on him as their next big thing at the position. But his rookie season turned into a straight nightmare with him barely touching the field. He only got 28 carries for 69 yards total, stuck behind Jalen Warren and Kenneth Gainwell, who ended up as the team's MVP. A mess up on special teams sealed his fate, landing him deep on the bench and an offense that forgot he existed. Johnson rolled up to the team's facility Tuesday for offseason workouts, wearing a sweatshirt that set it all for his future, basically asking where. He goes from here now, fast forward to 2026 and it looks even bleaker. Warren's locked in as a starter, Gainwell bolted to Tampa Bay in free agency and the Steelers snag Rico Dowdell, a two-time thousand-yard rusher, to fill that back-of-spot showing

1:01zero trust in Johnson. Special teams might be his only shot at reps, but we saw how that crashed last year, so all rows lead to him flaming out as a third round bust, unless something wild flips the