Tommy Maddox
Tommy Maddox is the Steelers starting quarterback for the 2004-2005 season. He is six feet four inches tall and he weighs 219 pounds. He attended UCLA university and was drafted twenty-fifth overall in the 1992 NFL draft. The Steelers acquired him as free agent in 2001. His career record as a starter is 84 wins and 31 loses. His career totals in the post-seson is 3 wins and 2 loses.
Jerome Bettis
Jerome Bettis was drafted tenth overall by the Rams in 1993. He was the Steelers team MVP in 1993. He is five feet eleven inches tall and weighs 255 pounds. He has twelve years of NFL experience. He has five pro-bowls, two with the Rams and three with the Steelers. In his career he has 54 career 100 yard games. He is second all time on the Steelers rushing list and sixth all time on the NFL rushing list.
Hines Ward
Hines Ward is a Steelers starting receiver. This is his seventh year in the NFL. the Steelers got him as a third round draft pick out of the University of Georgia in the 1998 NFL draft. He is six feet tall and weighs 215 pounds. In his seven years of NFL experience he has been selected to three pro-bowls. He is the only Steeler in history to surpass 1,000 yards in three straight seasons. In 2002 he led the team in scoring with 72 points. His career totals of wins and loses were ninety-six and seventy-seven loses. He also has four wins and four loses in the postseason.
Plaxico Burress
Plaxico Burress is another Steelers starting wide receiver. He is six feet five inches tall and he weighs 226 pounds. This is his forth year in the NFL. he was drafted out of Michigan State University during the first round of the NFL draft in 2000. He had back to back 1,000 receiving yard seasons in 2001 and 2002. In 2002 he had career highs in receiving yards and receptions. He had seventy-eight receptions and 1,325 receiving yards. He has eleven career one-hundred receiving yard games. His career totals in wins and loses is twenty-eight wins and twenty-four loses as a steeler. He has two wins and two loses in the post season.
Alan Fanaca
Alan Fanaca is one of the Steelers starting guards this season. He is six feet five inches tall and he weighs 307 pounds. He was the Steelers first round draft pick in 1998. This is going to be his seventh year in the NFL. He is a three time pro-bowl starter. He started in the pro-bowl in 2002, 2003, and 2004. He has ninety-four career wins and eighty-nine career loses.
Ken Whisenhunt
Ken enters this year as the Steelers offensive coordinator. The past three seasons he was the tight ends coach. He was promoted to his new position on January 20, 2004. He begins his eighth season as an NFL. coach. He joined the Steelers in 2001 when their ex-offensive coordinator. Mike Mularkey was promoted to offensive coordinator. The past three years he also had inputs on the Steelers offensive gameplan.
