PITTSBURGH — Zach Frazier prefers to be unassuming.
The Pittsburgh Steelers' third-year center does his job — and does it well — but he wouldn't be let down if he could just shower, dress and get out of the locker room after games and practices, without having to stand in front of cameras or speak into recorders.
"I don't like talking about myself, I'll be honest," Frazier said after Wednesday's practice at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex.
Having seen Frazier flatten defenders and just walk away, guard Spencer Anderson will vouch for that.
"It's so funny being next to him sometimes when he's pushing people after the play and they're pushing him and they're talking crazy to him … and he just looks at them like, 'OK.' It's so funny because it's the weirdest form of — not even trash talk, because he doesn't talk."
Pittsburgh Steelers center Zach Frazier in a game against the Baltimore Ravens on Dec. 7, 2025. — Ed Thompson / Steelers Now
His numbers — well, whatever ones you can pull from the position he plays — sure do. Through seven weeks this season, Pro Football Focus has tabbed Frazier with a 78.0 overall grade, tops out of 35 centers. His 78.9 run blocking grade ranks second, while his 75.5 pass blocking grade is third.
"I feel like I've played pretty consistent the whole time I've been here, but I feel like this has definitely been my best year so far," Frazier said. "But I just wanna keep being consistent, keep growing, keep getting better."
When asked earlier in the day what he's liked from what he's seen out of Frazier, Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy said "everything." Namely, the first-year steward has enjoyed No. 54's approach to his responsibilities, along with watching his leadership grow.
Left tackle Troy Fautanu terms Frazier's effort as "finishing to the whistle." Mauling defenders until it shrieks, left guard Mason McCormick said, is just who Frazier is. Anderson, meanwhile, described Frazier as "book smart."
Aaron Rodgers has been maybe the loudest advocate for Frazier since he arrived in Pittsburgh.
"I think he's played at a high level the last two years that I've been here," the four-time Associated Press NFL MVP quarterback said of Frazier. "A lot of trust, he's super smart, real even-keeled, strong at the point of attack, good on the second level, very good on passing off stunts, even in the run game — as you saw this last week, he was phenomenal."
McCormick, who considers Frazier one of his best friends, couldn't be happier for him.
"He's only gonna keep getting better," McCormick said. "He's already playing at a high level. … He deserves it."
OK, OK, enough of the applause.
"I'm not searching for it, obviously," Frazier said. "The only thing I want is the guys behind me to do well, like Jaylen (Warren) and Rico (Dowdle) and Aaron. But if it comes, it comes."
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