{"id":302040,"date":"2026-10-08T02:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T02:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/302040\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T02:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T02:12:08","slug":"steelers-reunite-with-young-cb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/302040\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers reunite with young CB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Pittsburgh has filled the final slot on its practice squad, bringing back second-year cornerback Doneiko Slaughter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelers.com\/news\/steelers-make-roster-moves-x9873\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the team announced<\/a> early Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Slaughter has already had a busy stint with the Steelers this year after starting his NFL career as a Jaguars undrafted free agent in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Originally signed to a futures deal with Pittsburgh in January, Slaughter was thrust into starting duty at the nickel position for some of the summer as Jalen Ramsey and Brandin Echols dealt with injury. Slaughter made the Steelers\u2019 initial practice squad following cutdown day, and then was elevated to the team\u2019s active roster for the first three games of the season \u2014 the maximum number under NFL rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">However, Slaughter was then signed to the Steelers\u2019 53-man roster ahead of the team\u2019s Week 4 matchup in order to play against the Cleveland Browns. While he still hasn\u2019t appeared in a defensive snap this year, Slaughter has played in four games and 23% of Pittsburgh\u2019s special teams snaps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Steelers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behindthesteelcurtain.com\/pittsburgh-steelers-news\/175810\/steelers-waive-cornerback-doneiko-slaughter-sean-murphy-bunting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">waived<\/a> Slaughter following the Browns game, but after the cornerback cleared waivers, he was re-signed back to the practice squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh has filled the final slot on its practice squad, bringing back second-year cornerback Doneiko Slaughter, the team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,4853,7106],"class_list":["post-302040","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\/302040","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=302040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}