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JuJu Smith-Schuster on his return with the Steelers: “Cannot say it sufficient, I like you Pittsburgh. Got here in right here a younger 20 12 months previous and also you guys embraced me from the second I obtained right here. A lot love.”

Vast receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster is staying put in Pittsburgh (AP Photograph/Keith Srakocic)

JuJu Smith-Schuster is returning to Pittsburgh, with the Steelers asserting on Friday that the broad receiver has signed a brand new one-year take care of the crew .

Whereas no monetary phrases had been revealed, he reportedly gave the salary-cap-strapped Steelers a hometown deal, bypassing larger presents to stick with the crew that chosen him within the second spherical of the 2017 NFL Draft.

He’ll obtain a $7m signing bonus, a $1m base wage and 4 voidable years to decrease the 2021 cap hit to $1.6 million, per a number of studies. The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens provided more cash, NFL Community reported.

“Cannot say it sufficient, I like you Pittsburgh,” Smith-Schuster tweeted on Friday afternoon. “Got here in right here a younger 20 12 months previous and also you guys embraced me from the second I obtained right here. A lot love. Had my again via every part, all of the struggles and success. So onerous to depart. See you this Fall in Heinz WE’RE GOIN CRAZY!!!”

Smith-Schuster had 97 catches for 831 yards and 9 touchdowns in 2020 and has recorded 308 receptions for 3,726 yards and 26 touchdowns in 4 seasons with the Steelers. He made the Professional Bowl in 2018.

The 24-year-old already has made his mark in each NFL and franchise historical past.

He was the primary receiver in NFL historical past to put up a dozen 100-yard receiving video games, and likewise the primary to catch 200 passes, earlier than turning 23. He’s in the meantime the youngest participant in league historical past to tally 2,500 profession receiving yards.

Smith-Schuster additionally holds the Steelers postseason document for single-game receptions with 13.