A disastrous end to the 2024 season has led to an important 2025 offseason for the Pittsburgh Steelers , as general manager Omar Khan and head coach Mike Tomlin attempt to reverse the five-game slide that the Steelers ended last season. Here, we'll track all of the Steelers transactions in the 2025 offseason and into the regular season.
• Jan. 17 WR Quez Watkins signed contract with Arizona Cardinals.
The Arizona Cardinals
signed wide receiver Quez Watkins
to a contract for the 2025 season after one year with the Steelers. Watkins spent the entire 2024 season on the Steelers practice squad after not making the 53-man roster due to struggles during the preseason.
• Jan. 14 RB Aaron Shampklin signed to future contact.
The Steelers re-signed running back Aaron Shampklin
to a future contract for the 2025 season. Shampklin was on the Steelers' active roster for three games in 2024 as he recorded six carries for 17 yards.
• Jan. 14 DB D'Shawn Jamison signed to future contact.
The Steelers re-signed wide receiver D'Shawn Jamison to a future contract for the 2025 season. Jamison went undrafted in the 2023 NFL Draft before spending his rookie season on the Carolina Panther
s practice squad. The Steelers signed him to their practice squad last season.
• Jan. 14 DT Domenique Davis signed to future contact.
The Steelers re-signed defensive tackle Domenique Davis
to a future contract for the 2025 season. The Steelers signed Davis to the team's practice squad on Nov. 5 but released him a month later. Davis has three career tackles as he appeared in two games for the Cincinnati Bengals
since 2022.
• Jan. 14 WR Brandon Johnson signed to future contact.
The Steelers re-signed wide receiver Brandon Johnson to a future contract for the 2025 season. Johnson was on the active roster for three games in 2024 and recorded just one catch for nine yards.
• Jan. 14 LB Devin Harper signed to future contact.
The Steelers re-signed inside linebacker Devin Harper
to a future contract for the 2025 season. Harper was a sixth-round draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys
in 2022. He appeared in six games for the Cowboys before being released in 2023. He was claimed by the Cincinnati Bengals and appeared in six games for them in 2023.
• Jan. 14 OT Dylan Cook signed to future contact.
The Steelers re-signed offensive lineman Dylan Cook
to a future contract for the 2025 season. Cook was expected to make the 53-man roster in 2024 as the swing tackle but a preseason injury sidelined him for a majority of the season.
• Jan. 14 DB Kyler McMichael signed to future contact.
The Steelers re-signed defensive back Kyler McMichael to a future contract for the 2025 season. The 6-foot-3 defensive back signed with the Steelers last offseason but was released as part of the team's final roster cuts in August.
• Jan. 14 LB Julius Welschof signed to future contact.
The Steelers re-signed linebacker Julius Welschof
to a future contract for the 2025 season. The Steelers originally signed the 27-year-old German product last offseason. Welschof recorded four tackles and three sacks in last year's preseason.
• Jan. 14 WR Lance McCutcheon signed to future contact.
The Steelers re-signed wide receiver Lance McCutcheon
to a future contract for the 2025 season. The Steelers signed McCutcheon to their practice squad last October but released him less than a month later.
• Jan. 14 DT Jacob Slade signed to future contact.
The Steelers re-signed defensive tackle Jacob Slade to a future contract for the 2025 season. Slade signed with the Steelers last offseason after multiple stints on the Arizona Cardinals practice squad.
• Jan. 14 LB Eku Leota signed to future contact.
The Steelers signed former Carolina Panther linebacker Eku Leota
to a future contract for the 2025 season. Leota appeared in 10 games and recorded one start during his two-year stint in Carolina.
• Jan. 14 OG Steven Jones signed to future contact.
The Steelers signed former Jacksonville Jaguars
guard Steven Jones to a future contract for the 2025 season. The 342-pound Jones spent his rookie season on the Jaguars practice squad without playing in a game.
• Jan. 14 OLB Thomas Rush signed to future contract.
The Steelers signed former Tennessee Titans
outside linebacker Thomas Rush to a future contract for the 2025 season. Rush spent the last two seasons on the Titans practice squad without playing in a game.
• Jan. 14 RB Evan Hull signed to future contract.
The Steelers signed former Indianapolis Colts
running back Evan Hull
to a future contract for the 2025 season. Hull was the Colts' fifth-round pick out of Northwestern in the 2023 NFL Draft. He has just one rush attempt for one yard in his career.
• Jan. 14 DB Joshuah Bledsoe signed to future contract.
The Steelers signed former New England Patriots
defensive back Joshuah Bledsoe
to a future contract for the 2025 season. Bledsoe was a 2021 sixth-round pick by the Patriots that played in four games over four seasons.
• Jan. 14 QB Skylar Thompson signed to future contract.
The Steelers signed former Miami Dolphins
quarterback Skylar Thompson
to a future contract for the 2025 season. Thompson was a 2022 seventh-round draft pick out of Kansas State that started four games over the last three seasons for the Dolphins.
• Jan. 13 OL Doug Nester re-signed to future contract.
The Steelers re-signed offensive lineman Doug Nester to a future contract for the 2025 season. The West Virginia alum spent the entire 2024 season on the Steelers practice squad without playing in a game.
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