{"id":112587,"date":"2025-08-27T01:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T01:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/112587\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T01:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T01:11:13","slug":"pittsburgh-steelers-announce-final-roster-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/112587\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Steelers announce final roster cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTO STEELER NATION. YES, GUYS, WE ARE JUST AN HOUR PAST THAT 4:00 DEADLINE WHERE TEAMS NEEDED TO HAVE THEIR ROSTERS DOWN TO 53. WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE FEW NOTABLES THEY RELEASED YESTERDAY. CAMERON JOHNSON AND BEN SAULS TODAY. HERE\u2019S THE BIG NAMES THAT THEY MADE MOVES WITH. THEY WAIVED BEANIE BISHOP, SEBASTIAN CASTRO, DEMARVIN LEAL, DYLAN COOK AND BRANDON JOHNSON. THEY ALSO TERMINATED VESTED VETERANS CHUCK CLARK, JAMES PIERRE, MAX SCHARPING, TREY SERMON AND ROBERT WOODS. NOW, AS VESTED VETS, THOSE GUYS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO WAIVERS. CORY TRICE WAS ALSO PLACED ON INJURED RESERVE AND IS DESIGNATED FOR RETURN. SO F\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Steelers announce final roster cuts to reach 53-player limit<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 8:48 PM EDT Aug 26, 2025\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Pittsburgh Steelers cut several players on Tuesday to reach the NFL’s 53-man roster limit ahead of the 4 p.m. deadline.No quarterbacks were on the list of the players being released. That means there are currently four QBs on Pittsburgh’s roster: Aaron Rodgers, Mason Rudolph, Skylar Thompson and rookie Will Howard, who has been out with a broken finger.(Scroll down to see the full roster.)Six players were cut:Beanie Bishop Jr., defensive backSebastian Castro, defensive backDylan Cook, offensive lineDeMarvin Leal, defensive lineEku Leota, linebackerKe’Shawn Williams, wide receiver Two players were waived\/injured:Domenique Davis, defensive lineBrandon Johnson, wide receiverFive vested veterans were terminated:Chuck Clark, defensive backJames Pierre, defensive backMax Scharping, offensive lineTrey Sermon, running backRobert Woods, wide receiverAdditionally, defensive back Cory Trice Jr. was placed on injured reserve and designated for return. Pittsburgh Steelers 53-man rosterOFFENSE:QuarterbacksWill HowardAaron RodgersMason RudolphSkylar ThompsonRunning backsKenneth GainwellKaleb JohnsonJaylen WarrenOffensive lineCalvin AndersonSpencer AndersonTroy FautanuZach FrazierBroderick JonesRyan McCollumMason McCormickAndrus PeatIsaac SeumaloTight endsPat FreiermuthConnor Heyward (tight end\/fullback)Jonnu SmithDarnell WashingtonWide receiversCalvin Austin IIIDK MetcalfScotty MillerBen SkowronekRoman WilsonDEFENSE: Defensive line Keeanu BentonYahya BlackDaniel EkualeDerrick HarmonCameron HeywardLogan LeeIsaiahh LoudermilkEsezi OtomewoLinebackersCarson BruenerMalik HarrisonNick HerbigAlex HighsmithCole HolecombPatrick QueenT.J. WattJack SawyerPayton WilsonDefensive backsBrandin EcholsDeShon ElliottDonte KentMiles KillebrewJoey Porter Jr.Jalen RamseyDarius SlayJuan ThornhillSPECIALISTS:KickerChris BoswellPunterCorliss WaitmanLong snapperChristian Kuntz\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The Pittsburgh Steelers cut several players on Tuesday to reach the NFL’s 53-man roster limit ahead of the 4 p.m. deadline.<\/p>\n

No quarterbacks were on the list of the players being released. That means there are currently four QBs on Pittsburgh’s roster: Aaron Rodgers, Mason Rudolph, Skylar Thompson and rookie Will Howard, who has been out with a broken finger<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Scroll down to see the full roster.)<\/p>\n

Six players were cut:<\/p>\n

Beanie Bishop Jr., defensive backSebastian Castro, defensive backDylan Cook, offensive lineDeMarvin Leal, defensive lineEku Leota, linebackerKe’Shawn Williams, wide receiver <\/p>\n

Two players were waived\/injured:<\/p>\n

Domenique Davis, defensive lineBrandon Johnson, wide receiver<\/p>\n

Five vested veterans were terminated:<\/p>\n

Chuck Clark, defensive backJames Pierre, defensive backMax Scharping, offensive lineTrey Sermon, running backRobert Woods, wide receiver<\/p>\n

Additionally, defensive back Cory Trice Jr. was placed on injured reserve and designated for return. <\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Steelers 53-man rosterOFFENSE:<\/p>\n

Quarterbacks<\/p>\n

Will HowardAaron RodgersMason RudolphSkylar Thompson<\/p>\n

Running backs<\/p>\n

Kenneth GainwellKaleb JohnsonJaylen Warren<\/p>\n

Offensive line<\/p>\n

Calvin AndersonSpencer AndersonTroy FautanuZach FrazierBroderick JonesRyan McCollumMason McCormickAndrus PeatIsaac Seumalo<\/p>\n

Tight ends<\/p>\n

Pat FreiermuthConnor Heyward (tight end\/fullback)Jonnu SmithDarnell Washington<\/p>\n

Wide receivers<\/p>\n

Calvin Austin IIIDK MetcalfScotty MillerBen SkowronekRoman Wilson
DEFENSE: <\/p>\n

Defensive line<\/p>\n

Keeanu BentonYahya BlackDaniel EkualeDerrick HarmonCameron HeywardLogan LeeIsaiahh LoudermilkEsezi Otomewo<\/p>\n

Linebackers<\/p>\n

Carson BruenerMalik HarrisonNick HerbigAlex HighsmithCole HolecombPatrick QueenT.J. WattJack SawyerPayton Wilson<\/p>\n

Defensive backs<\/p>\n

Brandin EcholsDeShon ElliottDonte KentMiles KillebrewJoey Porter Jr.Jalen RamseyDarius SlayJuan ThornhillSPECIALISTS:<\/p>\n

Kicker
Chris Boswell<\/p>\n

Punter
Corliss Waitman<\/p>\n

Long snapper
Christian Kuntz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TO STEELER NATION. YES, GUYS, WE ARE JUST AN HOUR PAST THAT 4:00 DEADLINE WHERE TEAMS NEEDED TO…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7144,73459,18361,4,450,31571,73461,31572,43310,73462,73468,451,73463,52107,2849,41970,73464,3,349,1321,9130,17349,73466,73470,4694,73458,73460,73467,73469,73471,452,453,73465,11484,24797],"class_list":["post-112587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-beanie-bishop","tag-brandon-johnson","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-chuck-clark","tag-demarvin-leal","tag-domenique-davis","tag-dylan-cook","tag-eku-leota","tag-final-roster-cut","tag-headlines","tag-james-pierre","tag-keshawn-williams","tag-list","tag-mason-rudolph","tag-max-scharping","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-qbs","tag-quarterback","tag-robert-woods","tag-rookie-will-howard","tag-roster","tag-roster-cuts","tag-sebastian-castro","tag-several-player","tag-skylar-thompson","tag-steeler","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-trey-sermon","tag-tuesday","tag-veteran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}