The Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to contracts with 10 undrafted free agents at the conclusion of the team’s 2025 rookie minicamp and all of them have since gone on to sign. With those 10 contracts now filed with the NFLPA, I can now pass along the details, thanks to the NFLPA and Over the Cap. The 10 undrafted players signed this year were TE/FB DJ Thomas-Jones, WR Roc Taylor, G Aiden Williams, S Sebastian Castro, TE JJ Galbreath, K Ben Sauls, WR Ke’Shawn Williams, DL Blake Mangelson, RB Max Hurleman, and OT Gareth Warren.
As usual, the 10 undrafted free agent signed three-year contracts. Additionally, all 10 have minimum base salaries in their three-year contracts with none of that money being guaranteed.
The only guaranteed money given to any of the undrafted players signed this year came in the form of signing bonuses, which is also not surprising. Thomas-Jones, Taylor, and Williams received the highest signing bonuses of the 10 players at $30,000. Castro was next with a $25,000 signing bonus. Galbreath and Sauls each received a $20,000 signing bonus and they are followed by Williams at $10,000 and Mangelson at $3,000. Hurleman and Warren, both of whom signed after the team’s rookie minicamp, each received $2,000 signing bonuses in their three-year contracts.
In total, the Steelers doled out $172,000 in guaranteed money to the 10 undrafted free agents they recently signed. Last year, the Steelers doled out $93,000 in guaranteed money to the five undrafted free agents they signed.
| (10) 2025 Steelers Undrafted Rookie Contracts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ Thomas-Jones – Total $2,995,000 – Signing Bonus $30,000 | ||||
| YEAR | BASE SALARY | SIGNING BONUS | ROSTER BONUS | CAP CHARGE |
| 2025 | $840,000 | $10,000 | $0 | $850,000 |
| 2025 | $1,005,000 | $10,000 | $0 | $1,015,000 |
| 2026 | $1,120,000 | $10,000 | $0 | $1,130,000 |
| Roc Taylor – Total $2,995,000 – Signing Bonus $30,000 | ||||
| YEAR | BASE SALARY | SIGNING BONUS | ROSTER BONUS | CAP CHARGE |
| 2025 | $840,000 | $10,000 | $0 | $850,000 |
| 2025 | $1,005,000 | $10,000 | $0 | $1,015,000 |
| 2026 | $1,120,000 | $10,000 | $0 | $1,130,000 |
| Aiden Williams – Total $2,995,000 – Signing Bonus $30,000 | ||||
| YEAR | BASE SALARY | SIGNING BONUS | ROSTER BONUS | CAP CHARGE |
| 2025 | $840,000 | $10,000 | $0 | $850,000 |
| 2025 | $1,005,000 | $10,000 | $0 | $1,015,000 |
| 2026 | $1,120,000 | $10,000 | $0 | $1,130,000 |
| Sebastian Castro – Total $2,990,000 – Signing Bonus $25,000 | ||||
| YEAR | BASE SALARY | SIGNING BONUS | ROSTER BONUS | CAP CHARGE |
| 2025 | $840,000 | $8,333 | $0 | $848,333 |
| 2025 | $1,005,000 | $8,333 | $0 | $1,013,333 |
| 2026 | $1,120,000 | $8,334 | $0 | $1,128,334 |
| JJ Galbreath – Total $2,985,000 – Signing Bonus $20,000 | ||||
| YEAR | BASE SALARY | SIGNING BONUS | ROSTER BONUS | CAP CHARGE |
| 2025 | $840,000 | $6,666 | $0 | $846,666 |
| 2025 | $1,005,000 | $6,666 | $0 | $1,011,666 |
| 2026 | $1,120,000 | $6,668 | $0 | $1,126,668 |
| Ben Sauls – $2,985,000 – Signing Bonus $20,000 | ||||
| YEAR | BASE SALARY | SIGNING BONUS | ROSTER BONUS | CAP CHARGE |
| 2025 | $840,000 | $6,666 | $0 | $846,666 |
| 2025 | $1,005,000 | $6,666 | $0 | $1,011,666 |
| 2026 | $1,120,000 | $6,668 | $0 | $1,126,668 |
| Ke’Shawn Williams – Total $2,975,000 – Signing Bonus $10,000 | ||||
| YEAR | BASE SALARY | SIGNING BONUS | ROSTER BONUS | CAP CHARGE |
| 2025 | $840,000 | $3,333 | $0 | $843,333 |
| 2025 | $1,005,000 | $3,333 | $0 | $1,008,333 |
| 2026 | $1,120,000 | $3,334 | $0 | $1,123,334 |
| Blake Mangelson – Total $2,968,000 – Signing Bonus $3,000 | ||||
| YEAR | BASE SALARY | SIGNING BONUS | ROSTER BONUS | CAP CHARGE |
| 2025 | $840,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $841,000 |
| 2025 | $1,005,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $1,006,000 |
| 2026 | $1,120,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $1,121,000 |
| Max Hurleman – Total $2,967,000 – Signing Bonus $2,000 | ||||
| YEAR | BASE SALARY | SIGNING BONUS | ROSTER BONUS | CAP CHARGE |
| 2025 | $840,000 | $666 | $0 | $840,666 |
| 2025 | $1,005,000 | $666 | $0 | $1,005,666 |
| 2026 | $1,120,000 | $668 | $0 | $1,120,668 |
| Gareth Warren – Total $2,967,000 – Signing Bonus $2,000 | ||||
| YEAR | BASE SALARY | SIGNING BONUS | ROSTER BONUS | CAP CHARGE |
| 2025 | $840,000 | $666 | $0 | $840,666 |
| 2025 | $1,005,000 | $666 | $0 | $1,005,666 |
| 2026 | $1,120,000 | $666 | $0 | $1,120,668 |
