Steelers’ Brown, Bell to share AFC award
Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown and running back Le’Veon Bell will share the AFC Offensive Player of the Year award next month at the NFL 101 Awards ceremony in Kansas City, Mo., according to the Kansas City Star.
Brown led the NFL with 129 receptions and 1,698 receiving yards – both team records – while Bell topped the AFC in rushing yards (1,361) and total yards from scrimmage (2,215).
They are the first Steelers to win the award since Kordell Stewart in 2001. Barry Foster also was honored in 1992.
The NFL 101 Awards ceremony will be held Feb. 28.
The Steelers announced Tuesday that they have signed former Canadian Football League outside linebacker Shawn Lemons.
The 6-2, 251-pound Lemons, 26, played collegiately at Akron but went undrafted in 2011.
He spent the 2014 season with Calgary, recording 13 sacks and eight forced fumbles.