{"id":176937,"date":"2026-04-27T01:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/176937\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T01:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:19:16","slug":"steelers-re-sign-veteran-dl-after-brutal-2025-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/176937\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers Re-Sign Veteran DL: after Brutal 2025 Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a>\u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-transactions\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers Transactions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9-22-2024-NFL-Football-Steelers-v-Chargers-100-scaled-e1777241330768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers Dean Lowry\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Dean Lowry in a game against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sept. 22, 2024. &#8212; Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers are re-signing veteran defensive lineman <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/dean-lowry\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dean Lowry<\/a> for the 2026, according to a report by Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.<\/p>\n<p>Lowry, 31, spent the last two seasons with the Steelers, but missed the entire 2025 campaign with a training camp knee injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring a training camp practice last week I sustained an ACL injury that will likely end my season,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DM_Y7RER6vl\/?igsh=NjRpNTl0Z29jcXE3\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Lowry wrote<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-dean-lowry-addresses-knee-injury-in-heartfelt-post\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">social media a week after the injury.<\/a> \u201cHard to comprehend the thoughts and emotions I have felt since then. Heartbroken I won\u2019t get to fully experience the highs and lows of an NFL season with a group I love going to work with. The risks associated with this game and the unique aspect of a football team are what make this sport like no other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m completely resolved to turn this negative into a positive with gratitude each step of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/8-12-2024-Steelers-Camp-8409-e1777241426478.jpg\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers DL Dean Lowry\" class=\"wp-image-77755\"  \/>Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Dean Lowry during training camp on Aug. 12, 2024. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Lowry appeared in 12 games and made one start for the Steelers. He recorded five tackles, one sack, one quarterback hit and defended one pass.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers have most of their 2025 defensive line returning, with Cam Heyward, Keeanu Benton, Derrick Harmon, Yahya Black, Esezi Otomewo and Logan Lee all under contract for 2026. Daniel Ekaule and Isaiahh Loudermilk, who also finished the 2025 season on the injured reserve list, also remain unsigned.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to bringing back the above six players, the Steelers also signed veteran free agent Sebastian Joseph-Day earlier this offseason and selected Notre Dame defensive tackle Gabriel Rubio with the club\u2019s sixth-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/dean-lowry\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Dean Lowry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers-transactions\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers Transactions<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers News\u2022Steelers Transactions Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Dean Lowry in a game against the Los Angeles Chargers on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[79111,73,75,74,1833,1829,37204],"class_list":["post-176937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-dean-lowry","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-steelers","tag-steelers-transactions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}