Steelers name four team captains

PITTSBURGH - The Steelers selected four players to serve as team captains for the 2016 season, the team announced through a vote of their teammates today.

Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will serve as the offensive captain, cornerback William Gay and defensive end Cameron Heyward will serve as the defensive captains, and safety Robert Golden will serve as the special teams captain.

Roethlisberger has been selected as an offensive captain for the eighth time in his career (2008, '09, '11, '12, '13, '14, '15 and '16). This marks Golden's third consecutive year as a captain, and the second for Gay and Heyward. This is also the second consecutive season the four players have been named as captains together.

The following are the Steelers' team captains who have been selected during head coach Mike Tomlin's tenure (since 2007):

YEAROFFENSEDEFENSESPECIAL TEAMS
2007Hines Ward, WRJames Farrior, LBWilliam Gay, LB
Clint Kriewaldt, LB
2008Ben Roethlisberger, QB
Hines Ward, WR
James Farrior, LBJeff Reed, K
2009Ben Roethlisberger, QB
Hines Ward, WR
James Farrior, LB
James Harrison, LB
Keyaron Fox, LB
Jeff Reed, K
2010Heath Miller, TE
Hines Ward, WR
James Farrior, LBKeyaron Fox, LB
2011Ben Roethlisberger, QB
Hines Ward, WR
James Farrior, LBArnaz Battle, WR
2012Ben Roethlisberger, QBBrett Keisel, DE
2013Maurkice Pouncey, C
Ben Roethlisberger, QB
Ryan Clark, S
Brett Keisel, DE
2014Ben Roethlisberger, QBTroy Polamalu, SRobert Golden, S
Shaun Suisham, K
2015Ben Roethlisberger, QBWilliam Gay, CB
Cameron Heyward, DE
Robert Golden, S
2016Ben Roethlisberger, QBWilliam Gay, CB
Cameron Heyward, DE
Robert Golden, S

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