All NFL teams were forced to cut their rosters down to just 53 players by 4:00 PM ET today. Here are the players the Steelers decided to keep.
There are a few moments all die-hard Steelers fans look forward to each year: The start of free agency, the NFL Draft, and the start of the season. But for some of us, cut day is as important as any.
Football fans all over the nation are glued to their phones to await the final decision of NFL front offices. There are a few players in particular that Steelers fans would be up in arms over had they not made the team.
The anticipation has been building since the start of the preseason, but that wait is finally over. The Steelers could elect to throw a few waiver claims in for some players who were recently cut from other teams. But as for now, here are the players on the Pittsburgh Steelers roster heading into the 2019 season:
Quarterbacks: 3
Ben Roethlisberger
Mason Rudolph
Josh Dobbs
Running backs: 3
James Conner
Jaylen Samuels
Benny Snell
Fullbacks: 1
Roosevelt Nix
Wide receivers: 5
JuJu Smith-Schuster
James Washington
Donte Moncrief
Diontae Johnson
Ryan Switzer
Tight ends:
Vance McDonald
Xavier Grimble
Zach Gentry
Offensive line: 8
Alejandro Villanueva
Ramon Foster
Maurkice Pouncey
David DeCastro
B.J. Finney
Chukwuma Okorafor
Zach Banner
Fred Johnson
Defensive line: 6
Cameron Heyward
Stephon Tuitt
Javon Hargrave
Tyson Alualu
Dan McCullers
Isaiah Buggs
Edge defenders: 5
T.J. Watt
Bud Dupree
Anthony Chickillo
Ola Adeniyi
Tuzar Skipper
Linebackers: 5
Devin Bush
Vince Williams
Mark Barron
Tyler Matakevich
Ulysees Gilbert
Cornerbacks: 6
Joe Haden
Steven Nelson
Mike Hilton
Justin Layne
Cameron Sutton
Artie Burns
Safeties: 4
Terrell Edmunds
Sean Davis
Kameron Kelly
Jordan Dangerfield
Special teams: 3
Chris Boswell
Jordan Berry
Kameron Canaday
There weren’t a lot of surprises to be had. Some fans were disappointed to see Sutton Smith, Eli Rogers, and Johnny Holton get cut. Here are the players who fell short of making the team (cuts announced from Pittsburgh Steelers):
Offensive cuts:
Quarterback Devlin Hodges, running backs Trey Edmunds, Travon McMillian and Malik Williams, receivers Trey Griffey, Johnny Holton, Tevin Jones, Brandon Reilly, Eli Rogers and Diontae Spencer, and tight ends Micky Crum, Kevin Rader, Christian Scotland-Williamson and Trevor Wood, offensive linemen Garrett Brumfield, Derwin Gray, J.C. Hassanauer, Patrick Morris and Damian Prince.
Defensive cuts:
Defensive backs Marcus Allen, Dravon Askew-Henry, Marcelis Branch, Jhvonte Dean, P.J. Locke and Trevon Mathis, linebackers Jayrone Elliott, Christian Kuntz, Tegray Scales, Sutton Smith and Robert Spillane, and defensive linemen Winston Craig, Greg Gilmore, Henry Mondeaux, Casey Sayles and Conor Sheehy.
Special teams cuts:
Kicker Matthew Wright, punter Ian Berryman.
Trades:
Steelers sent offensive lineman Jerald Hawkins and a 2021 7th round pick to Tampa Bay for a 2021 6th round pick.
The Steelers likely aren’t quite finished yet, as they may look to move a few players or throw in a few waiver claims. We will keep you updated with the details as we draw ever closer to the 2019 NFL season.