PITTSBURGH -- With second-round receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster signing a four-year deal worth around $4.2 million, the former USC star will be one of the more intriguing players to watch in organized team activities starting Tuesday.

Mainly, for how the Steelers decide to use him.

Smith-Schuster is a wild card in a suddenly deep receiver position that has a little bit of everything.

There's legitimate star power (Antonio Brown), a potential star who's troubled off the field (Martavis Bryant), an emerging young slot receiver (Eli Rogers), a trusted veteran (Darrius Heyward-Bey), the mid-round pick who hasn't quite figured it all out (Sammie Coates), a reliable if unspectacular third-down option (Cobi Hamilton), a tenacious former late-round pick (Demarcus Ayers) and an underachieving big-time athlete who hopes pairing with a good quarterback will make all the difference (Justin Hunter).

Smith-Schuster must slice his way through that depth and solidify a spot.

In the draft process, the Steelers liked Smith-Schuster as an inside-and-out receiver with the ability to command the slot or the outside positions. At 6-foot-2 and 215 pounds, Smith-Schuster could serve as the "big slot" that Anquan Boldin popularized in Detroit and elsewhere. Predicting Smith-Schuster will catch 1,076 passes like Boldin would be unfair. But Boldin can be a model for a player with Smith-Schuster's toughness and versatility (and lack of field-tilting speed, with a 4.54 40).

Bryant is expected to resume his prominent role assuming he follows the conditions of his reinstatement, which includes securing a counselor. Bryant, who was suspended all of last season for violations of the league's substance abuse policy, is undergoing that process right now. He's hoping to be on the field for OTAs but that's not solidified just yet based on his fulfillment of the conditions.

Things could get crowded on the outside with Bryant, Coates and Hunter, so the Steelers could decide to give Smith-Schuster reps inside along with Rogers, on whom the team is still high. The slot job will be Rogers' to lose.

If Smith-Schuster learns the offense quickly, playing both spots would increase his value and might get him on the field faster.