Pat Freiermuth holds the TE · Backup spot in Pittsburgh Steelers’s tight end room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Pat Freiermuth played 18 games in 2025 with a 51% snap share.

Pat Freiermuth is a tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers, selected 55th overall in the 2021 NFL Draft from Penn State. Through five seasons (2021-25), he has appeared in 78 regular-season games with 45 starts, recording 261 receptions for 2,676 yards and 22 touchdowns. In 2025, he caught 42 passes for 504 yards and 4 TDs across 17 games. His 261 receptions rank first among Steelers tight ends over their first five years in franchise history, and he reached 100 career receptions in his 25th game, the 10th-fewest by any tight end in NFL history.

Penn State2018 – 2020

Steelers2021 — present

CollegePenn StateDraftRound 2 · No. 55 overall · 2021 · PITHometownMerrimac, MA