{"id":180882,"date":"2026-05-01T04:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/180882\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T04:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:15:19","slug":"steelers-wr-roman-wilson-changes-jersey-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/180882\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers WR Roman Wilson Changes Jersey Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/10-16-2025-Steelers-v-Bengals-8345-scaled-e1765842545538.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers WR Roman Wilson\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Roman Wilson in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Oct. 17, 2205. &#8212; Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/roman-wilson\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roman Wilson<\/a> has changed his jersey number to 14 ahead of the 2026 season, according to the roster posted at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelers.com\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">team\u2019s website<\/a> and confirmed by Steelers Now.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson had worn No. 10 for his first two professional seasons. The club\u2019s third-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft out of Michigan, Wilson is entering his third season with the team.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson missed almost his entire rookie season in 2024 with a series of injuries ankle and hamstring injuries. In 2025, he played in 13 games and made four starts as the Steelers\u2019 No. 3 wide receiver for most of the early part of the season. In 2025, Wilson caught 21 passes for 166 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>The number 14 has been spoken for by two more-veteran players in Wilson\u2019s first two seasons with the Steelers. <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/george-pickens\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Pickens<\/a> wore No. 14 in 2024, and free agent running back <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/kenneth-gainwell\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenneth Gainwell<\/a> picked the number when he came to Pittsburgh from the Philadelphia Eagles ahead of the 2025 season. Gainwell ended up being the team\u2019s MVP in 2025, setting career highs with 537 rushing yards, 486 receiving yards and eight total touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson wore No. 14 in his first three seasons at Michigan before switching to No. 1 for his senior season in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/resize-9.jpeg\" alt=\"Pittsburgh steelers 2024 NFL Draft Roman Wilson\" class=\"wp-image-64105\"  \/>Roman Wilson, Michigan Athletics<\/p>\n<p>PITTSBURGH STEELERS THAT WORE NO. 14<\/p>\n<p>Gainwell was the first running back to wear No. 14 for the Steelers since the modern-era relaxation of the uniform number standards. It has been popular with wide receivers, with Pickens, <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/ray-ray-mccloud\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ray-Ray McCloud<\/a> (2020-21), <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/tevin-jones\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tevin Jones<\/a> (2019), <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/sammie-coates\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sammie Coates<\/a> (2016), Derek Moye (2013) and Limas Sweed (2008-09) all wearing the number in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The most impactful No. 14 in team history was quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/neil-odonnell\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neil O\u2019Donnell<\/a>, who played for the Steelers from 1991-95, leading the Black and Gold to back-to-back AFC Championship Games and Super Bowl XXX.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Nelsen, who spent five years with Pittsburgh in the 1960s before going on to start for the Cleveland Browns, and Todd Blackledge, who backed up for two seasons in the late 1980s, are the other significant quarterbacks to wear the number.<\/p>\n<p>Punters Tom Rouen (2002) and Shayne Edge (1996) also wore No. 14 for the team in recent memory.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"771\" data-id=\"102360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1-11-2025-AFC-WildCard-Steelers-v-Ravens-12698.jpg\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers WR George Pickens\" class=\"wp-image-102360\"  \/>Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens in a playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens on Jan. 12, 2025. \u2013 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"803\" data-id=\"161829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1-4-2026-Steelers-v-Ravens-4730.jpg\" alt=\"Kenneth Gainwell Steelers\" class=\"wp-image-161829\"  \/>Pittsburgh Steelers RB Kenneth Gainwell plays during the team\u2019s Week 18 win over the Baltimore Ravens. Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"844\" data-id=\"25640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HX38174-e1667510548253.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25640\"  \/>Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Ray-Ray McCloud in a game against the Baltimore Ravens on Jan. 9, 2022. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"786\" data-id=\"1717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSC_2857Jones.jpg\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers Tevin Jones\" class=\"wp-image-1717\"  \/>Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Tevin Jones at minicamp on June 12, 2019. \u2014 Alan Saunders \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"933\" data-id=\"4620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sammie_Coates.jpg\" alt=\"Steelers WR Sammie Coates\" class=\"wp-image-4620\"  \/>Sammie Coates, a player on the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. \u2014 Jeffrey Beall \/ CC<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"805\" data-id=\"176747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NFL-Super-Bowl-XXX-11356891.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176747\"  \/>Jan 28, 1996; Tempe, AZ, USA; FILE PHOTO; Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Neil O\u2019Donnell (14) and John Jackson (65) in action against the Dallas Cowboys during Super Bowl XXX at Sun Devil Stadium. The Cowboys defeated the Steelers 27-17. \u2013David Boss \/ USA TODAY NETWORK<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/roman-wilson\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Roman Wilson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers News Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Roman Wilson in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Oct. 17,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,1833,15384,1829],"class_list":["post-180882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-roman-wilson","tag-steelers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}