Kenny Pickett

QB

#8

Experience: 2 years

Height: 6-3

Age: 24

Weight: 220 lbs

College: Pittsburgh

2022 SEASON

TDS
7
INT
9
YDS
2404
RTG
76.68

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Passing

YEAR	TEAM	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	SCK	SCKY	RATE
2022	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	389	245	63	2404	6.2	57	7	9	123	31.6	28	27	182	76.7
TOTAL		13	389	245	63	2404	6.2	57	7	9	123	31.6	28	27	182	76.7

Rushing

YEAR	TEAM	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st	1st%	20+	40+	FUM
2022	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	55	237	4.3	23	3	23	41.8	1	0	3
TOTAL		13	55	237	4.3	23	3	23	41.8	1	0	3

Fumbles

YEAR	TEAM	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
2022	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	4	1	0
TOTAL		13	4	1	0	0	0	0

Defense

YEAR	TEAM	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
2022	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	2	2	0	0	0	0
TOTAL		13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Biography

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

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