Pittsburgh Steelers rookie wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster has quickly become one of the most endearing players in all of the National Football League. But that's not all the former USC Trojans talent is doing. He's also smashing some records.

Despite not being known as a burner, JuJu Smith-Schuster scored on a 97-yard touchdown reception on Sunday. That, in itself, is a big deal. But it becomes an even bigger deal when you find out that it actually becomes a record as the longest catch of that kind in Pittsburgh history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7PZ_SpHDAk

That's monumental give how long — and how often they are good — the Steelers have been around.

As for how the play came about:

“How I saw it was Ben called the play, and I was like the middle feels open,” Smith-Schuster said. “You got to take it. I took it. Ben believed in me and got the job done. It was great.”

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Ben Roethlisberger explained how he knew it would work:

“[The Lions] gave us a coverage where the safety split wide, kind of a 22 man. And JuJu had something similar to that earlier in the game, and he tried to kinda juke the guy and then give him an out move and then go up,” Roethlisberger said. “I told him, I said, ‘Listen, next time you get that look, if it's a 22-type man, beat 'em with speed. Just get down there.' And that's what he did. And I threw it over the top, and I told him, I didn't know he had that much speed. He said he didn't either.”

Also of note, make sure you start JuJu on your fantasy team. He's keeping receipts.