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NFL · AFC North
Pittsburgh Steelers Roster & Depth Chart 2026
Pittsburgh Steelers are 3-2 in the AFC North.
3-25th in American Football ConferenceBye 9West Coast 11Multiple 3-4
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PITPittsburgh SteelersTBTampa Bay BuccaneersTeam summary
Scheme
West Coast offense called by HC Mike McCarthy; Graham 3-4 defense with 2-4-5 nickel flexibility and fire zones.
OC / DC Mike McCarthy / Patrick Graham
Record
2-2 · 77/87 · L1
as of 2026-10-07
4 games played; Week 5 starts Oct 8 and no team has had a bye yet
2027 cap
−$10.2M space · −$25.5M effective
OverTheCap · as of Oct 7, 2026
Needs
Board fit
CB
LB
2026 playbook
Scheme desk
Mike McCarthy / Patrick Graham
Early-down identity stays on the cards. Open the call sheet for the snap, the motion, the shell, and how they pressure.
Offense
West Coast 11
- Offensive scheme type
- West Coast 11
- Personnel
- 21 personnel · 2 RB, 1 TE, 2 WR
- Primary run scheme
- Inside zone
- Primary offensive line scheme
- Zone
Offensive aggression
Attacking · 62
ConservativeBalancedAggressive
McCarthy dumped heavy TE. 11 personnel West Coast, inside zone, not 13 smash.
Defense
Multiple 3-4
- Defensive scheme type
- Multiple 3-4
- Base front
- Nickel 3-4
- Front
- 3-4
- Defensive line technique
- Two-gap
- Primary coverage
- Cover 3
- Primary press technique
- Press-bail
Defensive aggression
Attacking · 58
ConservativeBalancedAggressive
Graham adaptable 3-4 (he calls 3-4/4-3 antiquated). Cover 3 primary, two-high shell after the snap.
80 players · 64 on the active roster · 16 on the injury roster · ESPN · injuries. Notes sit under both lists.
Roster
Career logos are college, then draft club, then this roster — left to right. Click a column header to sort the unit.
Offense24
| 54 |  Zach Frazier |  | C | 6' 3" | 310 | 25 | 3 yrs | Fairmont, WV | — | Active |
| 62 |  Ryan McCollum |  | C | 6' 5" | 300 | 28 | 4 yrs | Spring, TX | — | Active |
| 67 |  Brock Hoffman |  | C | 6' 4" | 302 | 27 | 5 yrs | Statesville, NC | — | Active |
| 37 |  Riley Nowakowski |  | FB | 6' 2" | 250 | 24 | R | Milwaukee, WI | — | Active |
| 66 |  Mason McCormick |  | G | 6' 5" | 315 | 26 | 3 yrs | Sioux Falls, SD | — | Active |
| 74 |  Spencer Anderson |  | G | 6' 5" | 305 | 26 | 4 yrs | Bowie, MD | — | Active |
| 60 |  Dylan Cook |  | OT | 6' 6" | 305 | 28 | 3 yrs | Butte, MT | — | Active |
| 71 |  Max Iheanachor |  | OT | 6' 6" | 321 | 22 | R | Los Angeles, CA | — | Active |
| 76 |  Troy Fautanu | WAS | OT | 6' 4" | 317 | 26 | 3 yrs | Henderson, NV | — | Active |
| 2 |  Mason Rudolph |  | QB | 6' 5" | 235 | 31 | 9 yrs | Rock Hill, SC | — | Active |
| 8 |  Aaron Rodgers |  | QB | 6' 2" | 223 | 42 | 22 yrs | Chico, CA | — | Active |
| 16 |  Drew Allar |  | QB | 6' 5" | 228 | 22 | R | Medina, OH | — | Active |
| 18 |  Will Howard |  | QB | 6' 4" | 236 | 25 | 2 yrs | Downingtown, PA | — | Active |
| 21 |  Travis Homer | MIA | RB | 5' 10" | 202 | 28 | 8 yrs | West Palm Beach, FL | — | Active |
| 29 |  Eli Heidenreich |  | RB | 6' 0" | 198 | 23 | R | Pittsburgh, PA | — | Active |
| 30 |  Jaylen Warren | | RB | 5' 8" | 215 | 27 | 5 yrs | Salt Lake City, UT | — | Active |
| 31 |  Lew Nichols |  | RB | 5' 10" | 220 | 25 | 1 yr | Detroit, MI | — | Active |
| 80 |  Darnell Washington |  | TE | 6' 7" | 264 | 25 | 4 yrs | Las Vegas, NV | — | Active |
| 85 |  Robert Tonyan |  | TE | 6' 5" | 240 | 32 | 8 yrs | Mchenry, IL | — | Active |
| 88 |  Pat Freiermuth | | TE | 6' 5" | 258 | 27 | 6 yrs | Merrimac, MA | — | Active |
| 4 |  DK Metcalf |  | WR | 6' 4" | 229 | 28 | 8 yrs | Oxford, MS | — | Active |
| 10 |  Kaden Wetjen |  | WR | 5' 9" | 196 | 24 | R | Williamsburg, IA | — | Active |
| 17 |  Germie Bernard |  | WR | 6' 1" | 206 | 22 | R | Las Vegas, NV | — | Active |
| 87 |  Brandon Smith | | WR | 6' 2" | 220 | 27 | 1 yr | Lake Cormorant, MS | — | Active |
Defense22
| 22 |  Asante Samuel Jr. |  | CB | 5' 10" | 180 | 27 | 6 yrs | Sunrise, FL | — | Active |
| 23 |  Daylen Everette | | CB | 6' 1" | 196 | 22 | R | Norfolk, VA | — | Active |
| 26* |  Brandin Echols |  | CB | 5' 10" | 179 | 28 | 6 yrs | Memphis, TN | — | Active |
| 26* |  Sean Murphy-Bunting | | CB | 6' 0" | 195 | 29 | 7 yrs | Macomb, MI | — | Active |
| 40 |  Doneiko Slaughter |  | CB | 6' 0" | 190 | 24 | 1 yr | Roswell, GA | — | Active |
| — |  Terell Smith | MIN | CB | 6' 0" | 204 | 27 | 5 yrs | Snellville, GA | — | Active |
| 94 |  Yahya Black | | DE | 6' 5" | 336 | 24 | 2 yrs | Marshall, MN | — | Active |
| 96 |  Gabriel Rubio |  | DE | 6' 5" | 321 | 23 | R | St. Louis, MO | — | Active |
| 69 |  Sebastian Joseph-Day |  | DT | 6' 4" | 310 | 31 | 8 yrs | Stroudsburg, PA | — | Active |
| 92 |  Kevin Jobity Jr. |  | DT | 6' 4" | 300 | 23 | R | Buffalo, NY | — | Active |
| 97 |  Cameron Heyward | | DT | 6' 5" | 295 | 37 | 16 yrs | Suwanee, GA | — | Active |
| 6 |  Patrick Queen |  | LB | 6' 0" | 232 | 27 | 7 yrs | Ventress, LA | — | Active |
| 33 |  Jack Sawyer | | LB | 6' 4" | 260 | 24 | 2 yrs | Pickerington, OH | — | Active |
| 41 |  Payton Wilson |  | LB | 6' 4" | 242 | 26 | 3 yrs | Hillsborough, NC | — | Active |
| 44 |  Carson Bruener | WAS | LB | 6' 1" | 227 | 25 | 2 yrs | Woodinville, WA | — | Active |
| 51 |  Nick Herbig |  | LB | 6' 2" | 240 | 24 | 4 yrs | Kauai, HI | — | Active |
| 55 |  Cole Holcomb |  | LB | 6' 1" | 240 | 30 | 8 yrs | New Smyrna Beach, FL | — | Active |
| 56 |  Alex Highsmith | CHA | LB | 6' 4" | 242 | 29 | 7 yrs | Wilmington, NC | — | Active |
| 90 |  T.J. Watt | | LB | 6' 4" | 252 | 32 | 10 yrs | Pewaukee, WI | — | Active |
| 3 |  Jaquan Brisker | | S | 6' 1" | 204 | 27 | 5 yrs | Pittsburgh, PA | — | Active |
| 20 |  Rayshawn Jenkins | MIA | S | 6' 1" | 220 | 32 | 10 yrs | St. Petersburg, FL | — | Active |
| 28 |  Robert Spears-Jennings |  | S | 6' 1" | 205 | 22 | R | Broken Arrow, OK | — | Active |
Special Teams3
| 46 |  Christian Kuntz |  | LS | 6' 1" | 228 | 32 | 6 yrs | Pittsburgh, PA | — | Active |
| 19 |  Cameron Johnston | | P | 5' 11" | 194 | 34 | 9 yrs | Geelong, VIC | — | Active |
| 9 |  Chris Boswell |  | PK | 6' 2" | 185 | 35 | 12 yrs | Keller, TX | — | Active |
Practice Squad15
| — |  Car'lin Vigers |  | CB | 6' 2" | 200 | 26 | 1 yr | Eunice, LA | — | Practice Squad |
| — |  Darius Rush |  | CB | 6' 2" | 198 | 26 | 3 yrs | Kingstree, SC | — | Practice Squad |
| 65 |  Kyler Baugh | MIN | DT | 6' 2" | 305 | 24 | 1 yr | Talihina, OK | — | Practice Squad |
| 93 |  Esezi Otomewo | MIN | DT | 6' 5" | 282 | 27 | 4 yrs | Indianapolis, IN | — | Practice Squad |
| 72 |  Doug Nester | | G | 6' 6" | 306 | 26 | 1 yr | Kenova, WV | — | Practice Squad |
| 79 |  Steven Jones |  | G | 6' 5" | 340 | 26 | 1 yr | Temecula, CA | — | Practice Squad |
| 45 |  Julius Welschof | CHA | LB | 6' 6" | 265 | 29 | 1 yr | Miesbach, Germany | — | Practice Squad |
| 50 |  Elandon Roberts | HOU | LB | 6' 1" | 238 | 32 | 10 yrs | Port Arthur, TX | — | Practice Squad |
| 53 |  Jacoby Windmon |  | LB | 6' 2" | 250 | 25 | 2 yrs | New Orleans, LA | — | Practice Squad |
| 57 |  KJ Henry |  | LB | 6' 4" | 255 | 27 | 3 yrs | Winston-Salem, NC | — | Practice Squad |
| — |  Marte Mapu |  | LB | 6' 3" | 230 | 26 | 4 yrs | Hawthorne, CA | — | Practice Squad |
| 49 |  Sebastian Castro | | S | 5' 11" | 203 | 26 | 2 yrs | Oak Lawn, IL | — | Practice Squad |
| 81 |  Lake McRee |  | TE | 6' 4" | 243 | 24 | R | Austin, TX | — | Practice Squad |
| — |  Brandon Johnson |  | WR | 6' 2" | 195 | 28 | 3 yrs | Fort Lauderdale, FL | — | Practice Squad |
| — |  Isaiah Hodgins |  | WR | 6' 3" | 200 | 27 | 5 yrs | Oakley, CA | — | Practice Squad |
Injury roster
Career logos are college, then draft club, then this roster — left to right. Click a column header to sort the unit.
Offense3
| 13 |  Rico Dowdle | | RB | 5' 11" | 215 | 28 | 7 yrs | Asheville, NC | — | Questionable |
| 14 |  Roman Wilson |  | WR | 5' 10" | 186 | 25 | 3 yrs | Honolulu, HI | — | Out |
| 15 |  Ben Skowronek | | WR | 6' 3" | 224 | 29 | 6 yrs | Fort Wayne, IN | — | Out |
Defense3
| 5 |  Jalen Ramsey | | CB | 6' 1" | 211 | 31 | 11 yrs | Smyrna, TN | — | Questionable |
| 35 |  Jamel Dean |  | CB | 6' 1" | 206 | 30 | 8 yrs | Cocoa, FL | — | Questionable |
| 95 |  Keeanu Benton | | DT | 6' 4" | 309 | 25 | 4 yrs | Janesville, WI | — | Questionable |
Injured / Out10
| 31 |  Daequan Hardy | | CB | 5' 9" | 178 | 25 | 1 yr | Pittsburgh, PA | — | Injured Reserve |
| 34 |  Donte Kent | | CB | 5' 10" | 189 | 25 | 2 yrs | Harrisburg, PA | — | Out |
| 91 |  Logan Lee | | DT | 6' 5" | 286 | 26 | 3 yrs | Orion, IL | — | Injured Reserve |
| 99 |  Derrick Harmon | | DT | 6' 4" | 313 | 23 | 2 yrs | Detroit, MI | — | Injured Reserve |
| 73 |  Gennings Dunker | | G | 6' 5" | 319 | 23 | R | Lena, IL | — | Injured Reserve |
| 68 |  Jack Driscoll | | OT | 6' 5" | 312 | 29 | 6 yrs | Madison, CT | — | Injured Reserve |
| 84 |  Max Hurleman | | RB | 5' 11" | 200 | 24 | 1 yr | Wyomissing, PA | — | Out |
| 25 |  DeShon Elliott | TEX | S | 6' 0" | 210 | 29 | 9 yrs | Rockwall, TX | — | Injured Reserve |
| 11 |  Michael Pittman Jr. | | WR | 6' 4" | 223 | 29 | 7 yrs | Woodland Hills, CA | — | Injured Reserve |
| 85 |  Cole Burgess |  | WR | 6' 1" | 192 | 26 | 1 yr | Cold Brook, NY | — | Injured Reserve |
Injury notes16
Rico Dowdle · RB #13
- Questionable · Toe · Dislocated
Roman Wilson · WR #14
- Out · Finger
Ben Skowronek · WR #15
- Out · Calf
Jalen Ramsey · CB #5
- Questionable · Wrist · Fracture
Jamel Dean · CB #35
- Questionable · Ankle
Keeanu Benton · DT #95
- Questionable · Ankle
Daequan Hardy · CB #31
- Injured Reserve
Donte Kent · CB #34
- Out
Logan Lee · DT #91
- Injured Reserve
Derrick Harmon · DT #99
- Injured Reserve · Foot
Gennings Dunker · G #73
- Injured Reserve
Jack Driscoll · OT #68
- Injured Reserve
Max Hurleman · RB #84
- Out
DeShon Elliott · S #25
- Injured Reserve · Knee
Michael Pittman Jr. · WR #11
- Injured Reserve · Foot · Plantar Fasciitis
Cole Burgess · WR #85
- Injured Reserve
Roster log
Live from ESPN · injuries. Adds, drops, injury flips, and transaction headlines, each with a timestamp. The desk keeps watching while this page is open.
- Injury
Jamel Dean
Questionable · Ankle
- Injury
Rico Dowdle
Questionable · Toe
- Injury
Jalen Ramsey
Questionable · Wrist
- Injury
Keeanu Benton
Questionable · Ankle
- Injury
Ben Skowronek
Out · Calf
- Injury
Roman Wilson
Out · Finger
- Injury
Michael Pittman Jr.
Injured Reserve · Foot
- Injury
DeShon Elliott
Injured Reserve · Knee
- Injury
Derrick Harmon
Injured Reserve · Foot
West Coast 11Multiple 3-4Inside zoneCover 321 personnel · 2 RB, 1 TE, 2 WRNickel 3-4Ourlads two-deep · matched to the live roster.
Offense
21 personnel · 2 RB, 1 TE, 2 WR
21 personnel · 2 RB · 1 TE · 2 WR. Same depth chart, different grouping. The base call is 21.
| Pos | No. | Player | No. | Player | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR1 | 4 | DK Metcalf | 15 | Ben SkowronekOUT | — | — |
| WR2 | 11 | Michael Pittman Jr.IR | 17 | Germie Bernard | — | — |
| LT | 76 | Troy Fautanu | — | — | — | — |
| LG | 66 | Mason McCormick | 73 | Gennings DunkerIR | — | — |
| C | 54 | Zach Frazier | 62 | Ryan McCollum | — | — |
| RG | 74 | Spencer Anderson | 67 | Brock Hoffman | — | — |
| RT | 60 | Dylan Cook | 71 | Max Iheanachor | — | — |
| TE | 88 | Pat Freiermuth | 80 | Darnell Washington | 85 | Robert Tonyan |
| QB | 8 | Aaron Rodgers | 2 | Mason Rudolph | 18 | Will Howard |
| FB | 37 | Riley Nowakowski | — | — | — | — |
| RB | 30 | Jaylen Warren | 13 | Rico DowdleQ | 29 | Eli Heidenreich |
Defense
Nickel 3-4
Base · 3 DL, 4 LB, 4 DB. Both outside linebackers stay on. The two-deep below stays the published chart.
| Pos | No. | Player | No. | Player | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDE | 99 | Derrick HarmonIR | 69 | Sebastian Joseph-Day | 92 | Kevin Jobity Jr. |
| NT | 95 | Keeanu BentonQ | 96 | Gabriel Rubio | — | — |
| RDE | 97 | Cameron Heyward | 94 | Yahya Black | — | — |
| WLB | 90 | T.J. Watt | 51 | Nick Herbig | — | — |
| LILB | 6 | Patrick Queen | 44 | Carson Bruener | — | — |
| RILB | 41 | Payton Wilson | 55 | Cole Holcomb | — | — |
| LCB | 24 | Joey Porter Jr. | 22 | Asante Samuel Jr. | — | — |
| SS | 20 | Rayshawn Jenkins | — | — | — | — |
| FS | 3 | Jaquan Brisker | 28 | Robert Spears-Jennings | — | — |
| RCB | 35 | Jamel DeanQ | 23 | Daylen Everette | — | — |
| NB | 5 | Jalen RamseyQ | 26 | Brandin Echols | — | — |
Special Teams
| Pos | No. | Player | No. | Player | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK | 9 | Chris Boswell | — | — | — | — |
| P | 19 | Cameron Johnston | — | — | — | — |
| H | 19 | Cameron Johnston | — | — | — | — |
| LS | 46 | Christian Kuntz | — | — | — | — |
| PR | 10 | Kaden Wetjen | 13 | Rico DowdleQ | — | — |
| KR | 10 | Kaden Wetjen | 30 | Jaylen Warren | 13 | Rico DowdleQ |
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Pittsburgh Steelers are 3-2 in the AFC North. The offense is West Coast 11 and the defense is Multiple 3-4. Play-callers are Mike McCarthy / Patrick Graham.
Draft needs: Succession — Aaron Rodgers is in the window Public boards have defensive line as the Steelers' 2nd need Public boards have cornerback as the Steelers' 3rd need