Kenny Pickett

PRO CAREER

• Career Regular-Season Record as a Starter: 7-5 (.583) in 2022
• Has played in 13 games (12 starts)
• Has completed 245-of-389 passes (63.0 percent) for 2,404 yards, seven touchdowns and a quarterback rating of 76.7
• Has rushed 55 times for 237 yards and three TDs
• Set rookie quarterback franchise records in completions and attempts, and ranked second in passing yards, completion percentage, passing TDs and victories
• Made NFL debut in Week 4 of 2022 (vs. New York Jets)
• Made NFL starting debut in Week 5 of 2022 (at Buffalo)

PRO CAREER

• Career Regular-Season Record as a Starter: 7-5 (.583) in 2022
• Has played in 13 games (12 starts)
• Has completed 245-of-389 passes (63.0 percent) for 2,404 yards, seven touchdowns and a quarterback rating of 76.7
• Has rushed 55 times for 237 yards and three TDs
• Set rookie quarterback franchise records in completions and attempts, and ranked second in passing yards, completion percentage, passing TDs and victories
• Made NFL debut in Week 4 of 2022 (vs. New York Jets)
• Made NFL starting debut in Week 5 of 2022 (at Buffalo)

2021 (STEELERS)

• Led rookie quarterbacks in games played (13) and games started (12)
• Recipient of the Pro Football Writers' "Joe Greene Great Performance Award," which is annually presented to the Steelers' top rookie
• Led NFL rookies with 2,404 passing yards and joined QB Ben Roethlisberger (2,621 in 2004) as the only rookies in franchise history to ever pass for 2,000 or more yards
• Became the first quarterback since the 1970 merger to have multiple rushing TDs in his first career game with two after entering the game following halftime in Week 4 vs. N.Y. Jets
• Completed 34-of-52 passes (65.4 percent) for 327 yards, one interception and a 74.8 rating in his first career start in Week 5 at Buffalo
• Set franchise records for pass completions, pass attempts and passing yards in a first career start
• Became the fourth rookie quarterback to pick up a victory in their first start at home since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger and the eighth rookie in NFL history to defeat QB Tom Brady in Week 6 vs. Tampa Bay
• Threw just one interception in his last eight starts of the season, the second-fewest in the League among quarterbacks that started at least eight games after Week 10
• Registered a career-best five completions of 20-plus yards in Week 11 vs. Cincinnati, the most by a Steelers' quarterback since 2018
• Became the first rookie in NFL history to have a game-winning TD pass in the final minute of the fourth quarter in back-to-back games (Week 16 vs. Las Vegas and Week 17 at Baltimore)
• Threw a 14-yard TD pass to WR George Pickens with 46 seconds left in the fourth quarter in Week 16 vs. Las Vegas, only the fourth instance in the Super Bowl era of a rookie QB throwing a game-winning TD to a rookie receiver in the final two minutes of regulation
• Became the third rookie signal caller to defeat the Ravens in Baltimore in Week 17 and first since his teammate, QB Mitch Trubisky, did so in Week 6 of 2017

COLLEGE

• Finished his career as Pitt's all-time leader in passing yards (12,303), pass completions (1,045), total offense (13,112), TD responsibility (102) and passing TDs (81)
• Registered the most 300-yard passing games (16) and 400-yard passing games (five) in Pitt history
• Recorded 20 career rushing TDs, a new standard for a Pitt quarterback
• Finished as the winningest starting quarterback in Pitt history with 32 victories
• Fashioned a 32-17 record as a starting quarterback QB in school history
• Completed 67% of his passes (334 of 497) for 4,319 yards with 42 TDs and only seven interceptions in 2021; added five rushing scores (totaled 47 TDs)
• His 4,319 passing yards, 42 passing TDs, 47 total TDs and 334 completions set school single-season marks
• Set an ACC single-season record for TD passes
• Directed the Panthers to an 11-2 record and the program's first ACC championship
• The 11 victories marked Pitt's most since the Dan Marino-led 1981 team went 11-1
• Named a first team All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and American Football Coaches Association (AFCA)
• Last Pitt quarterback to be named a first team All-American was Marino in 1981
• 2021 Heisman Trophy finalist—Pitt's first since receiver Larry Fitzgerald in 2003—and finished third in the balloting
• Boasted national top-10 statistical rankings in eight categories: TD passes (ACC-record 42, fourth), points responsible for (282, fourth), points responsible for per game (21.7 avg., fifth), total offense (350.8 avg., fifth), passing yards (4,319, sixth), passing yards per game (332.2 avg., sixth), completions per game (25.69 avg., seventh) and pass efficiency (ACC-high 165.3 rating, ninth)
• 2021 additional honors include: Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Winner (nation's top senior/fourth-year junior quarterback), Senior CLASS Award Winner (community, classroom, character and competition), Maxwell Award Finalist (nation's outstanding player), Walter Camp Award Finalist (nation's outstanding player), Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Finalist (nation's best college quarterback), Manning Award Finalist (college football's outstanding quarterback), AFCA All-America Team (first team), Walter Camp All-America Team (first team), Associated Press All-America Team (second team), Football Writers Association of America All-America Team (second team), Sporting News All-America Team (second team), ACC Player of the Year (overall and offensive) and Brian Westbrook Regional Player of the Year Award (Maxwell Football Club)

PERSONAL

• Full name is Kenneth Shane Pickett
• Born June 6, 1998
• Son of Ken and Kasey Pickett
• Father was an All-America linebacker at Shippensburg University and is a member of the school's Athletic Hall of Fame
• Mother played soccer at Kutztown University
• Sister, Alex, played soccer at East Stroudsburg University
• Earned his bachelor's degree in marketing and is enrolled in Pitt's Katz Graduate School of Business