Credit to JuJu for using whatever means necessary to get Le’Veon Bell back on the field.
Smith-Schuster explained his recent Mega Millions foray by giving his reasons for purchasing so many tickets.
“I tried to win it so we could get Le’Veon (Bell) back,” Smith-Schuster said, via ESPN. “It didn’t work.”
While Bell continues his holdout, Smith-Schuster purchased 120 Mega Millions tickets at a local gas station this week. He said he got five of the numbers correct and won $10, which he’ll use to play Powerball on Wednesday night.
Smith-Schuster, who leads the Steelers in receptions and yards entering Sunday’s game with the Cleveland Browns, said curiosity sparked his purchase.
“If you don’t ever play, you never know,” he said. “I had to go in there and shoot my shot.”
Smith-Schuster is currently in his second year of a four-year, $4.2 million rookie deal. Asked what he would have done with the Mega Millions, Smith-Schuster said he’d take care of his teammates, then jokingly took that back.
“I’d still play ball, but have better cars, a better house, have that lifestyle,” Smith-Schuster said.
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