The Bengals today signed unrestricted free agent S Kyle Dugger to a one-year contract for the 2026 season.
Dugger (6-2, 216), a seventh-year player out of Lenoir-Rhyne University, originally was a second-round draft pick of New England in 2020. He played in 81 games for the Patriots before being traded in October 2025 to Pittsburgh, where he saw action in nine contests. In 90 career regular-season games (78 starts), he has totaled 454 tackles, 27 TFLs, 4.5 sacks, 29 PDs, 11 INTs, three FFs and two FRs defensively, along with 29 tackles on special teams.