NFL Draft top prospect profile: Rueben Bain Jr., Miami DE
TribLive is highlighting the top prospects leading up to the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh. The three-day event is April 23-25. Rueben Bain Jr. Position: Defensive end Height/weight: 6-foot-2/263 pounds College: Miami (Fla.) Two sets of numbers impact Bain’s draft stock. The defensive stats he posted on the field earned...
NFL Draft top prospect profile: Arvell Reese, Ohio State LB
TribLive is highlighting the top prospects leading up to the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh. The three-day event is April 23-25. Arvell Reese Position: Edge rusher/linebacker Height/weight: 6-foot-4/241 pounds College: Ohio State Reese’s NFL position might depend on who drafts him. The versatile defender played a hybrid role for the...
Steelers shift attention to offensive line in latest mock drafts
The consensus among draft experts has shifted away from the Pittsburgh Steelers taking a receiver in the first round. The prevailing idea for weeks was that the Steelers would use the 21st pick in next month’s NFL Draft to grab one of the top pass catchers. But after trading for...
NFL Draft top prospect profile: David Bailey, Texas Tech LB
TribLive is highlighting the top prospects leading up to the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh. The three-day event is April 23-25. David Bailey Position: Edge rusher Height/weight: 6-foot-4/251 pounds College: Texas Tech If Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza gets drafted first overall as expected, who goes second? Bailey could be that...
NFL Draft top prospect profile: Kenyon Sadiq, Oregon TE
TribLive is highlighting the top prospects leading up to the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh. The three-day event is April 23-25. Kenyon Sadiq Position: Tight end Height/weight: 6-foot-3/241 pounds College: Oregon In the past three seasons, at least one tight end went in the first round of the NFL Draft....
NFL Draft top prospect profile: Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame RB
TribLive is highlighting the top prospects leading up to the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh. The three-day event is April 23-25. Jeremiyah Love School: Notre Dame Position: Running back Height/weight: 6-foot/212 pounds Love is the consensus No. 1 running back in this year’s draft class. The 20-year-old proved himself to...
NFL Draft top prospect profile: Sonny Styles, Ohio State LB
TribLive highlights the top prospects leading up to the 2026 NFL Draft on April 23-25 in Pittsburgh. Sonny Styles School: Ohio State Position: Linebacker Height/Weight: 6-foot-5, 244 pounds One of the highest risers among NFL Draft prospects has Western Pennsylvania roots. The son of a Mercer County hall of famer,...
Steelers adding running back Travis Homer to bolster special teams
The Pittsburgh Steelers are bolstering their special teams by signing running back Travis Homer. The seven-year veteran previously played for the Seattle Seahawks and Chicago Bears. ESPN and NFL Network reported Monday that Homer was signing with the Steelers. The 27-year-old played more than 60% of his team’s special-teams snaps...
Plenty of position flexibility among offensive linemen in upcoming NFL Draft
Utah’s Spencer Fano is one of the top-rated offensive tackles in the upcoming NFL Draft, but might the 6-foot-5, 311-pounder be better at guard? Or maybe even center? Many of the top offensive tackles projected as early picks in next month’s draft have position flexibility, said ESPN draft analyst Mel...
Offensive lineman Ryan McCollum returns to Steelers on 1-year contract
The Pittsburgh Steelers brought back offensive lineman Ryan McCollum, who served as the team’s backup center the past two seasons. McCollum signed a one-year contract. The 28-year-old appeared in 24 games over the past two seasons and started twice in 2024 when center Zach Frazier was injured. McCollum spent the...
Bednarik Award-winning linebacker among 4 NFL Draft prospects visiting Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers welcomed four more NFL Draft prospects on Friday including the Chuck Bednarik Award winner. Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez was joined by North Dakota State quarterback Cole Payton, Washington cornerback Tacario Davis and Georgia Tech offensive lineman Keylan Rutledge. The draft is April 23-25 in Pittsburgh. Newly...
ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. expresses fondness for Pittsburgh, excited for city to host NFL Draft
The longtime face of NFL Draft season is a big fan of the traveling roadshow approach used nowadays for the marquee offseason event. “I can’t wait to be up in Pittsburgh,” said ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr., the most famous of the NFL draftniks. For about a decade now, the draft...
Pitt linebacker Kyle Louis among 2 NFL Draft prospects visiting Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers met with two draft prospects on the defensive side of the ball Thursday, including one from just next door. Pitt linebacker Kyle Louis and Illinois defensive lineman James Thompson made predraft visits to the Steelers’ facilities. Pitt shares a South Side practice complex with the Steelers, so...
Newest Steelers defensive lineman Sebastian Joseph-Day proves versatile on and off field
Defensive lineman Sebastian Joseph-Day once reviewed restaurants for a YouTube series and later served as co-host for boxer Mike Tyson’s podcast, a unique versatility that carries over to the football field. A 6-foot-4, 310-pounder with a Super Bowl ring, Joseph-Day has played various positions across the defensive front, from nose...
Miami QB Carson Beck among 2 NFL Draft prospects visiting Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers hosted Miami (Fla.) quarterback Carson Beck and San Diego State cornerback Chris Johnson on Tuesday to take a closer look at two possible targets for the upcoming NFL Draft. The 6-foot-5, 223-pound Beck, a three-year starter, led Miami to the national championship game in January. He completed...
New Steelers safety, Gateway product Jaquan Brisker on Pittsburgh: ‘They say it’s amazing. I always knew that.’
Jaquan Brisker never got to watch a Pittsburgh Steelers game in person while growing up around Monroeville, rooting then for Antonio Brown and Troy Polamalu. The former Gateway and Penn State safety never got to play at Acrisure Stadium in high school or college, either. So the 26-year-old was understandably...
Former Steelers cornerback Darius Slay retires
Darius Slay, who played the final games of his 13-year NFL career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, announced his retirement Monday. A six-time Pro Bowl pick, Slay won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2024. The 35-year-old announced his retirement on social media with a post that highlighted his...
2 Steelers among top NFL Performance-Based Pay recipients for 2025
The NFL announced its annual Performance-Based Pay recipients, and two Pittsburgh Steelers were near the top of the list. Steelers guard Mason McCormick and linebacker Payton Wilson were among the players who received the most additional money for the 2025 season. McCormick got an extra $1.17 million in supplemental pay....
2 receiver prospects visit Steelers ahead of NFL DraftVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers hosted two receiver prospects Monday ahead of the upcoming NFL Draft. Cincinnati’s Jeff Caldwell and Kentucky’s Kendrick Law made top 30 prospect visits after each posted notable numbers at the scouting combine. Caldwell ran the 40-yard dash in 4.31 seconds. Law completed 21 reps on the bench...
Newest Steelers CB Jamel Dean can tackle, too
Jamel Dean flexed his coverage skills by picking off three passes last season, but the newly signed Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback also has some muscle to his game. The 6-foot-1, 206-pound defensive back says he won’t shy away from a tackle. “You play defense, so you’ve got to be able to...
Former Steelers punter Corliss Waitman signing with 49ers
Free-agent punter Corliss Waitman is signing with the San Francisco 49ers, ending his latest stint with the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to NFL Network. Waitman’s moves comes a few days after the Steelers elected to bring back veteran punter Cameron Johnston, who agreed to a one-year contract earlier this week. Johnston...
New Steelers RB Rico Dowdle says going undrafted continues to serve as motivation
Jaylen Warren reached out last season to fellow running back Rico Dowdle, offering words of respect to someone who’d entered the NFL in the same unceremonious way as him. Both were undrafted. “He (said he) liked my style of play, my game and stuff,” Dowdle recalled Friday after signing as...
Steelers adding free agent Sebastian Joseph-Day to defensive line
The Pittsburgh Steelers are adding some more size to their defensive front by signing free agent Sebastian Joseph-Day. The 6-foot-4, 310-pound defensive lineman agreed to a two-year, $11 million contract, according to ESPN. Joseph-Day, who turns 31 next week, played 17 games with 10 starts last season, his second with...
New Steelers WR Michael Pittman sees himself as perfect fit in Mike McCarthy’s offense
While on a fishing trip to Uganda with his brother, Michael Pittman Jr. learned he’d been traded to the Steelers, triggering a 20-hour journey to Pittsburgh with connecting flights in Ethiopia, Ivory Coast and New York City. “We actually ended the trip about six days early, but I thought that...
Steelers signing former Gateway, Penn State safety Jaquan Brisker
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ newest free-agent addition was hungering for some hometown pizza. Jaquan Brisker soon can order it whenever he wants. A Gateway and Penn State alum who played the past four seasons for the Chicago Bears, Brisker agreed to a one-year contract with the Steelers, according to a source....
