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Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens was named second-team All-Pro by the Associated Press in his first season with the Dallas Cowboys. Pickens finished the 2025 season with 93 receptions for 1,429 yards (15.4 average) and nine touchdowns. All figures were career highs.
In an recent article he wrote for The Players’ Tribune, Pickens admitted that he was immature during his tenure with the Steelers. That factor played a big role in why the Steelers traded Pickens and a 2027 sixth-round draft pick. to the Cowboys for a 2026 third-round draft pick and a 2027 fifth-round draft pick in May.
Pickens recently posted Steelers wide receiver Calvin Austin III’s game-winning touchdown catch against the Baltimore Ravens on his Instagram story.
It may be a tough pill to swallow for Pickens, who missed the playoffs in his first season with the Cowboys.
However, he seems to be happy seeing his former team potentially do what he was unable to during his time in Pittsburgh — win a playoff game.
As mentioned, the Steelers traded Pickens to the Cowboys for a third-round pick in the offseason, and many have tabbed it as one of the worst in NFL history.
“I think that trading George Pickens is probably going to go down as one of the worst deals in NFL history, and I mean that. I’m sorry to the Steelers. I just think it’s true,” Kay Adams said on the Up & Adams Show. “It is so clear. It is so glaringly obvious watching George Pickens last night, a day after Kenneth Gainwell led Pittsburgh in receiving against the Bengals, this is clearly a bad call by the Steelers.”
The Steelers might have regrets with Pickens earning a second-team All-Pro nod in his first season with Dallas, but there was a slew of on and off the field issues during his time in Pittsburgh.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: George Pickens Earns All-Pro Nod in First Year with Cowboys
