Recently signed Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Daryl Porter Jr. and wide receiver Joaquin Davis both received their jersey numbers. Porter will wear No. 27, while Davis will don No. 89.
Porter, who spent time with the Steelers as a rookie in 2025, was waived by the Buffalo Bills on June 1.
The Bills had signed Porter to a reserve/future contract on Jan. 6. The Steelers initially cut ties with Porter on Dec. 29.
Porter, 24, first signed with Buffalo as an UDFA after going un-selected in the 2025 NFL Draft . He was waived by the Bills on July 28, 2025 and signed with the Steelers on Aug. 4. In three preseason games, he played 87 snaps of defense and recorded six tackles.
Porter participated in one game for the Steelers as a rookie in 2025, as he was elevated to the active roster from the practice squad for the team's Week 16 game against the Detroit Lions . He played three special teams snaps and one on defense.
Porter began his collegiate career at West Virginia before transferring to Miami . He was a two-year starter for the Hurricanes and, at the two stops, registered 108 tackles, 18 passes defended and an interception.
Porter is the the son of former NFL safety Daryl Porter Sr., who had two stints with the Steelers amid a six-year NFL career. Porter Sr., who was the Steelers' sixth-round pick out of Boston College in the 1997 NFL Draft, never played in a regular-season game with the team and was best-known for his three-year run with the Bills from 1998-2000.
West Virginia defensive back Daryl Porter Jr. — Kelsie LeRose / WV Sports Now
Davis is a 6-foot-4, 194 pound wide receiver in his second professional season out of North Carolina Central. He was with both the Denver Broncos and Minnesota Vikings as a rookie last season, but did not appear in a game.
Davis did not have a prolific college career, topping out at NC Central with 489 yards and four touchdowns in 11 games in 2024, but he had outstanding pre-draft athletic testing numbers.
Heading into the 2025 NFL Draft, he ran a 4.36-second 40-yard dash, and posted a 42-inch vertical and a 10-foot-4 broad jump, for an overall 9.33 Relative Athletic Score out of 10.
The Steelers have plenty of size in their receivers room, with Davis joining fellow 6-foot-4 targets DK Metcalf and Michael Pittman and 6-foot-5 A.T. Perry . But they probably don't have anyone with Davis' specific athletic profile.
He will replace Brandon Johnson in the wide receivers room, who was released last week.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS TO WEAR NO. 27
Cornerback Cory Trice Jr. was the last Steeler to wear No. 27. After a series of injury issues, the Steelers waived Trice last month. Before Trice, safety Marcus Allen donned No. 27 from 2018-22.
The most notable Steelers player to have worn No. 27 is safety Glen Edwards from 1971-77. Edwards was a part of the Steelers' first two Super Bowl titles in the 1970s. Edwards delivered a crushing hit to Minnesota Vikings wide receiver John Gilliam in Super Bowl IX. The football went straight into the air after Edwards vicious hit on Gilliam, and Steelers cornerback Mel Blount recorded the easy interception to end Minnesota's drive.
Edwards was named first-team All-Pro in 1976 and second-team All-Pro in 1973, 1975 and 1976. He was also two-time Pro Bowler (1975, 1976).
No. 27 has a long history of being issued to defensive backs in Pittsburgh . Defensive back Dick Haley, who went on to serve as the team's director of player personnel from 1971-1990, wore the number when he played for the Steelers from 1961-1964.
Former safeties Thomas Everett (1987-91), Brent Alexander (2000-03) and Anthony Smith (2006-08) also wore No. 27.
Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Cory Trice Jr. before a game against the Denver Broncos on Sept. 15, 2024. — Alan Saunders / Steelers Now
PITTSBURGH STEELERS TO WEAR NO. 89
Tight end Donald Parham Jr. was the last Steelers player to wear No. 89. Parham suffered a season-ending injury at practice last June, ending his 2025 season before it started.
The most notable Steelers player to have worn No. 89 is tight end Bennie Cunningham. Cunningham won two Super Bowls with the Steelers in the 1970s (1978 and 1979). In his 10-year career with the Steelers, he caught 202 receptions for 2,879 yards (14.3 average) and 20 touchdowns.
Former Steelers wide receivers Ernie Mills (1991-96) and Jerricho Cotchery (2011-2013) also wore No. 89. Tight end Vance McDonald wore the digit from 2017-2020.
Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Vance McDonald (89) practices at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex preparing for a Week 14 matchup against the Buffalo Bills, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 in Pittsburgh, PA. (Caitlyn Epes / Pittsburgh Steelers)
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now : New Steelers Players Receive Jersey Numbers
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