The Pittsburgh Steelers have re-signed two-time former Super Bowl champion wide receiver Cornell Powell for a second stint with the club, the team announced on Monday.
The Steelers hosted Powell for a tryout late last week. He was with the Steelers in 2025, signing with the Steelers' practice squad on Nov. 26 . He was not elevated and did not appear in any games before his release on Dec. 2.
Powell, 28, is a former fifth-round draft pick of the Kansas City Chiefs in his fifth professional season. Powell won two Super Bowl rings early in his career with the Chiefs. He spent four seasons in Kansas City, but played in just three games, and had only three snaps of offense. Powell did play 28 snaps of special teams, all coming during the 2022 season.
Clemson wide receiver Cornell Powell(17) catches a pass during during the first quarter of the NCAA football game between the Clemson Tigers and Pitt Panthers on November 28, 2020: at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C. — Carl Ackerman
He was released by Kansas City on Nov. 19, 2024, and caught on with the Seattle Seahawks for the end of that season. He re-signed with Seattle for 2025, but was waived on Feb. 22.
Powell signed with the DC Defenders of the UFL last spring. In nine games with DC, he caught 29 passes for 418 yards and a league-high seven touchdowns on the way to a UFL title. That was enough to get him another shot in the NFL with the Houston Texans , but he was cut at the of training camp.
He was back with the Defenders this spring, starting nine games and making 39 catches for 491 yards, but scoring just once this season.
The 6-foot, 204-pound Powell spent his five collegiate seasons at Clemson, winning two College Football Playoff national championships. His most productive season came as a redshirt junior in 2020, when he caught 53 passes for 882 yards and seven touchdowns.
In addition to hosting Powell for a visit, the Steelers also had wide receiver Isaiah Winstead in for a visit, and claimed Colton Dowell off waivers from the San Francisco 49ers . Dowell was released on Sunday, and the Steelers signed both Powell and Winstead.
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