{"id":653838,"date":"2026-05-20T05:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/653838\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T05:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:46:13","slug":"steelers-player-has-one-of-nfls-top-selling-rookie-jerseys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/653838\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers Player Has One Of NFL’s Top-Selling Rookie Jerseys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drew Allar was the fourth quarterback selected in the draft, and he was the Steelers\u2019 third draft pick. Still, he\u2019s one of the more popular members of the NFL\u2019s rookie class. Of all rookies, Allar is currently fourth in the league<\/a> in jersey sales.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s pretty notable, as Allar\u2019s jersey has sold more than Fernando Mendoza\u2019s, the first overall pick. Currently, the only rookies with more of their jerseys sold are Caleb Downs, Jacob Rodriguez, and Malachi Lawrence.<\/p>\n

Despite being a third-round pick, Allar\u2019s height on this list shows how strong<\/a> the Steelers\u2019 brand remains, despite the team not having any postseason glory lately. But Allar was also one of the more popular rookies in general. Coming into the 2025 season, many thought he\u2019d be a first-round pick, and he was considered one of the better quarterbacks in college football.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that year didn\u2019t go as planned. Allar suffered a season-ending injury in the third game of a tough losing skid for Penn State, and his draft stock tanked. However, he found himself in a solid situation in Pittsburgh. His traits certainly give him high upside. And he\u2019s already improving his mechanics, starting with McCarthy during rookie minicamp<\/a> a little over a week ago.<\/p>\n

He likely won\u2019t face playing time too early, as Aaron Rodgers will start this season. And on the first day of OTAs on Monday, Allar was the fourth-string quarterback<\/a> behind Will Howard and Mason Rudolph. Each of those two would figure to have the upper hand on Allar for the backup role.<\/p>\n

It will be a long process for Allar. With playing time not looking especially likely this season, he could be in a tough spot if the Steelers considered taking a quarterback early in the draft next offseason. But McCarthy\u2019s interest is clearly there. And if Allar can show enough progress this season, he certainly has the chance to force the Steelers\u2019 decision.<\/p>\n

We won\u2019t see for a while whether Allar ends up being Pittsburgh\u2019s next franchise quarterback. And as a third-round pick, the odds aren\u2019t exactly in his favor. But Steelers fans seem to be getting ahead of things, as Allar\u2019s jersey is the fourth-highest-selling in the entire rookie class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drew Allar was the fourth quarterback selected in the draft, and he was the Steelers\u2019 third draft pick.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[40548,349,99,15241],"class_list":["post-653838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-drew-allar","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-weekly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}