Season so far
Brandin Echols has logged just one appearance for Pittsburgh this season, posting a replacement-level 64.7 overall grade across 22 total snaps. With only a single game of action under his belt, it remains too early to gauge any week-to-week momentum. His overall mark was weighed down by a 57.4 coverage grade over nine defensive snaps, highlighted by allowing a clean third-down conversion while playing off cushion against Ja'Marr Chase. However, he balanced his outing with solid play on special teams, earning a 68.7 grade across 13 kicking-unit snaps. In that phase, Echols proved effective by shedding a block to make a kickoff tackle and beating a boundary jammer as a gunner to pin a punt inside the opponent's 10-yard line.