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The Pittsburgh Steelers have agreed to sign former first-round safety Darnel Savage to a one-year contract, according to a report by Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.
Savage, 28, was the first-round pick of the Green Bay Packers in 2019, where he did not play for new Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy, but did play for Steelers defensive pass game coordinator Jason Simmons.
He spent five seasons with the Packers, all of them as a starter, first at free safety and then at strong safety.
In 2024, Savage signed a three-year contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars and he was once again named the starter and he made 13 starts while dealing with a quad injury.
In 2025, he lost his starting job and was released two weeks into the season. He caught on with the Washington Commanders, where he played eight games before he requested his release, which was granted on Dec. 4. He was claimed off waivers by the Buffalo Bills and finished the season there, appearing in two more games for Buffalo.
A 5-foot-11, 198-pound native of Newark, Delaware, Savage attended Maryland from 2015-18 and he was named a second-team All-Big Ten selection as a senior. In pre-draft testing, Savage ran a 4.36-second 40-yard dash and posted a 39.5-inch vertical and a 10-foot-6 broad jump for an overall 8.37 Relative Athletic Score out of 10.
Savage will help the Steelers replace their depleted safety depth from the 2025 season, as Chuck Clark, Kyle Dugger and Jabril Peppers are all curerently free agents.
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