Two days after the deadline passed for Le’Veon Bell to report to the Pittsburgh Steelers this season and a day after several players playfully went through the running back’s locker, his stall at the team’s UPMC Rooney Sports Complex was emptied completely by team staff.
Inside Bell’s corner locker just inside the entrance to the locker room had hung dozens of shirts and other apparel, with shoes and other equipment on the ground, a helmet hanging on a hook and cardboard boxes with dozens of pairs of cleats above it.
After practice Wednesday, teammates removed the wooden “26 BELL” nameplate that hung above the locker, and they distributed the pairs of Nike shoes. The mood, on whole, was tongue-in-cheek, and multiple players said no valuables or personal belongings were taken. By Thursday afternoon, the entire locker had been cleaned out. Only metal hangers remained on the horizontal pole across the top of the locker.
—
Photo Credit: Daniel Padavona / Shutterstock.com