{"id":270932,"date":"2026-08-23T23:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T23:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270932\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T23:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T23:46:12","slug":"pittsburgh-steelers-host-former-eagles-cornerback-to-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270932\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Steelers host former Eagles cornerback to visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Pittsburgh Steelers hosted former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Eli Ricks to a visit on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/transactions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">per the NFL transaction wire<\/a>. Pittsburgh also hosted cornerbacks Dee Williams and Jaylon Guilbeau.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Ricks signed with the Eagles as an undrafted free agent out of Alabama in 2023. He made the team as a rookie, appearing in 16 games, largely on special teams. He appeared in seven games in 2024 and spent 2025 on the practice squad. He had five interceptions over three seasons at LSU and Alabama.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Williams has spent time with several teams, including the Seattle Seahawks, New York Giants, and Cleveland Browns. Guilbeau is a rookie out of Texas who was signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent before being waived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Let us know what you think in the comments. Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers hosted former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Eli Ricks to a visit on Sunday, per the NFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,4853,7106],"class_list":["post-270932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-roster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270932","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=270932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}