Steelers FS Minkah Fitzpatrick named to AP 1st-team All-Pro list for 3rd time in career
Minkah Fitzpatrick continues to pull in the hardware.
The Pittsburgh Steelers free safety was named to the AP All-Pro first team Friday for the third time in his NFL career.
Fitzpatrick also made the first-team list in the 2019 and 2020 seasons. He was the only Steelers player to earn a spot on the first or second teams. San Francisco’s Talanoa Hufanga was the other safety named to the first team.
Fitzpatrick was named the Steelers most valuable player this season after he led the NFL with six interceptions, a career high. Fitzpatrick set the tone in the season opener when he returned an interception for a touchdown, and he blocked an extra point in the Steelers’ 23-20 victory at Cincinnati.
Fitzpatrick also tied a career high with 11 passes defensed. He had 96 tackles for the Steelers to rank second on the team.
Earlier in the week, Fitzpatrick was named to the inaugural NFLPA All-Pro team, and he was selected to the Pro Bowl for the third time in his career.
Joe Rutter is a TribLive reporter who has covered the Pittsburgh Steelers since the 2016 season. A graduate of Greensburg Salem High School and Point Park, he is in his fifth decade covering sports for the Trib. He can be reached at jrutter@triblive.com.
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