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Watch: Steelers' Calvin Austin III returns a punt for TD
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Calvin Austin III. Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images

Watch: Steelers' Calvin Austin III returns a punt for TD on 'MNF'

By Andrew Kulha  |  Last updated Oct 28, 2024 10:45 PM ET

It was a battle of field goals between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants, and that's not fun on "Monday Night Football."

The Steelers were tied up 9-9 with the Giants, with the clock ticking down in the third quarter. Things finally got a bit exciting when second-year wideout Calvin Austin III broke the game wide open for Pittsburgh.

Austin took a big, booming 54-yard punt from Giants punter Matt Haack and quickly reversed field on the Giants. He found a seam on the edge of the sideline, and the rest was history, as they say.

It looked like this:

That play put the Steelers up 16-9 after the extra point, and poetically enough, Austin added a few more points onto the board in the fourth quarter thanks to his nice route and this beauty of a pass from Russell Wilson.

Austin caught just one touchdown pass as a rookie, and he caught one earlier this season.

This was the first career punt return for a touchdown and the first career multi-touchdown game for the young wideout out of Memphis.

Andrew Kulha

Andrew Kulha is probably the only sports writer you know who also doubles as a mortician. Spooky! @KulhaSports

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