The Pittsburgh Steelers will have wide receiver Calvin Austin III back for the first time in two games after he suffered a shoulder injury against the Minnesota Vikings.
Austin was a full participant in every practice this week and seems fully recovered from a shoulder injury that appeared it could be more serious and even require an injured reserve stint before testing revealed a more mild injury.
Austin has missed the last two games with the injury he suffered in Dublin. He not practice all of last week or this week while recovering from a shoulder injury against the Minnesota Vikings. Roman Wilson started in his place against the Bengals with 33 snaps, Scotty Miller played 9 snaps as well. Ke’Shawn Williams took his place as the punt returner.
Austin was sent to a local hospital and put in a sling after immediately suffering the injury. Croke Park did not have an X-ray machine locally, though those X-rays came back as negative for Austin.
Austin has dealt with a few injuries this year, and missed nearly a month with an oblique injury during training camp that allowed others, such as Miller, to get reps with Aaron Rodgers.
Austin was the Steelers’ fourth-round pick out of Memphis in the 2022 NFL Draft and had a breakout season with over 500 yards a year ago. He is now in the final year of his deal and hopes to cash in with another good season.
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