Former Steelers Around the League
Early last season, I took a quick look at the rosters from around the NFL and found 16 former Steelers on active rosters. Teams tucked away two others on practice squads and placed at least four more on injured reserve or suspended.
This year, I found 23 former Steelers on other team’s current 53-man rosters. Three others are on injured reserve lists and two on practice squads outside of Pittsburgh. NFL rosters are very dynamic. Brian Mihalik was on the New York Giants 53-man roster just a few days ago but was just cut.
Once again, the New York Jets are the only team with more than two former Steelers on their active roster. Here are the former Steelers appearing on other team’s rosters so far in 2019 (let me know who I missed):
53-man Rosters
| TEAM | POSITION | NAME |
| New York Jets | RB | Le’Veon Bell |
| New York Jets | OT | Kelvin Beachum |
| New York Jets | NT | Steve McLendon |
| Cincinnati Bengals | CB | B.W. Webb |
| Cincinnati Bengals | K | Randy Bullock |
| Cleveland Browns | OT | Chris Hubbard |
| Cleveland Browns | S | Morgan Burnett |
| Indianapolis Colts | QB | Brian Hoyer |
| Denver Broncos | WR | Emmanuel Sanders |
| Denver Broncos | WR | Diontae Spencer |
| Oakland Raiders | WR | Antonio Brown |
| Oakland Raiders | DE | Josh Mauro |
| Dallas Cowboys | CB | CJ Goodwin |
| Philadelphia Eagles | LB | LJ Fort |
| Washington Redskins | LB | Jon Bostic |
| Chicago Bears | NT | Nick Williams |
| Detroit Lions | TE | Jesse James |
| Carolina Panthers | CB | Ross Cockrell |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | OT | Jerald Hawkins |
| Arizona Cardinals | OT | Marcus Gilbert |
| Arizona Cardinals | C | AQ Shipley |
| San Francisco 49ers | LS | Colin Holba |
| Seattle Seahawks | DT | Al Woods |
Could almost make a team out of that group.
Practice Squads
| Baltimore Ravens | G | RJ Prince |
| Denver Broncos | OT | Jake Rodgers |
Reserve Lists
| New York Jets | TE | Bucky Hodges on IR |
| New York Giants | LB | Keion Adams on IR |
| Atlanta Falcons | S | JJ Wilcox on IR |
Former Steelers Out in the Cold
Here are 13 former Steelers that appeared on rosters last season but are currently not with a team:
| POS | NAME | Last Transaction/News |
| OT | Brian Mihalik | Released by NY Giants August 31, 2019 |
| TE | Wesley Johnson | Released by 49ers August 30, 2019 |
| S | Shamarko Thomas | Released by Broncos August 31, 2019 |
| LB | Terence Garvin | Played for AAF Orlando Apollos in 2019 |
| WR | Mike Wallace | Activated from IR by Eagles December 18, 2018 |
| WR | Markus Wheaton | Retired from NFL January 2019 |
| DT | Ziggy Hood | Released by Saints August 31, 2019 |
| TE | Pharoah McKever | Released by Packers August 30, 2019 |
| RB | LeGarrette Blount | |
| P | Matt Wile | Released by Vikings September 1, 2019 |
| WR | Sammie Coates | Released by Chiefs May 10, 2019 |
| WR | Martavis Bryant | Applied for reinstatement into NFL July, 2019 |
| S | Mike Mitchell | Not re-signed by Colts for 2019 |
Former Steelers from 2018 Regular Season Roster
Finally, here are ten former Steelers that appeared on Pittsburgh’s 2018 regular season roster but are not currently on another team’s roster.:
| POS | NAME | Last Transaction/News |
| CB | Brian Allen | Waived injured by Steeler August 27, 2019 |
| S | Nat Berhe | Placed on IR October 2018 |
| WR | Darrius Heyward-Bey | |
| WR | Justin Hunter | Worked out for Patriots August 2019. |
| K | Matt McCrane | Released by Steelers May 9, 2019 |
| RB | Stevan Ridley | |
| WR | Eli Rogers | Visited Dolphins September 1, 2019 |
| CB | Coty Sensabaugh | Visited Bills August 3, 2019 |
| LB | Matthew Thomas | Released by Ravens August 2, 2019 |
| DL | LT Walton | Released by Bills August 31, 2019 |
Rosters are fluid once games begin; so, expect these lists to change shape as the season progresses. I’ll update this if you notice anyone missing or have an update.
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