Steelers UDFA’s signings

[Steelafan77]

Beanie Bishop, CB, West Virginia
Daijun Edwards, RB, Georgia
John Rhys Plumlee, QB, Central Florida
Julius Welschof, linebacker, Charlotte
Jacoby Windmon, linebacker, Michigan State

https://www.steelers.com/news/steelers- ... ree-agents

[RemoAZ]

https://twitter.com/CFN365/status/1676335071081504771

[steelmann58]

Any of them have a shot

[Steelafan77]

Steelers invited QB Aeneas Dennis [Benedict College] in for minicamp

https://twitter.com/HBCUSports1/status/ ... 8408669672

[SteelerDayTrader]

Any of them have a shot

Bishop definitely does

Windmon has a decent chance at OLB

Edwards looks to be a far better player than Connor Heyward. Will he be given a fair chance ??

Plumlee has some juice Allen doesn’t have at 3rd QB but isn’t really an NFL QB by most standards

[franco32]

I have no clue why you would give your highest signing bonus ever to a QB who can't be a QB in the NFL. Do they want to create some sort of HB/RB role for him?

[Steelersfan]

Ferris State Shon Stephens. Porter JRs cousin gets a rookie mini camp invite with the Steelers. Also with the Eagles. The Eagles 1st two picks were CBs though. I'd imagine if the Steelers wanted him on the 90 man roster, they could get him.

https://steelersdepot.com/2024/04/ferri ... -steelers/

[steelmann58]

Agreed if your a CB you might want to come to Pittsburgh

[SteelerDayTrader]

I have no clue why you would give your highest signing bonus ever to a QB who can't be a QB in the NFL. Do they want to create some sort of HB/RB role for him?

Traysom Hill role perhaps ??

[bradshaw2ben]

Any of them have a shot

I would be surprised if Beanie Bishop isn’t the starting nickel CB. I mean, unless they’re signing a vet who’s not on the roster currently.

[bradshaw2ben]

I have no clue why you would give your highest signing bonus ever to a QB who can't be a QB in the NFL. Do they want to create some sort of HB/RB role for him?

Traysom Hill role perhaps ??

Have you heard of this Justin Fields fellow?

[steelmann58]

I still shocked at only 5 UDFA added

[Steelersfan]

I still shocked at only 5 UDFA added

From what I read, only 3 spots left on the 90 man roster. No use adding more bodies just to be cut when a better player becomes available or will be added.

Say resigning Patrick Peterson or somebody maybe like Tyler Boyd, Justin Simmons, etc. Good chance players like Boyd, OBJ etc., asking price is dropping bigtime. Especially WRs; teams signed like 50 rookie WRs in the draft. And right now, to their teams, fan bases & the media, they're all pro bowlers & future hall of famers., right? No need to sign a C2 or more player when a team just signed 50 future superstars on rookie deals.

Hopefully Steelers save those last 3 spots for bargain hunting.

[Mick]

I still shocked at only 5 UDFA added

they get $5000 signing bonuses each. How many do you want at that point?

[bradshaw2ben]

I still shocked at only 5 UDFA added

they get $5000 signing bonuses each. How many do you want at that point?

At least fill out the roster for rookie camp. Take advantage of the chance to look at more players in a practice situation in your facility.

[Mick]

I still shocked at only 5 UDFA added

they get $5000 signing bonuses each. How many do you want at that point?

At least fill out the roster for rookie camp. Take advantage of the chance to look at more players in a practice situation in your facility.

yeah, UDFA used to be a strong pipeline for us. Now it seems like the FO has no interest; last year’s UDFA class seemed almost intentionally bad.

[bradshaw2ben]

they get $5000 signing bonuses each. How many do you want at that point?

At least fill out the roster for rookie camp. Take advantage of the chance to look at more players in a practice situation in your facility.

yeah, UDFA used to be a strong pipeline for us. Now it seems like the FO has no interest; last year’s UDFA class seemed almost intentionally bad.

This year is better, but it still has a whiff of throwaway, with a RB/WR convert project, a long shot C, a STs EDGEy LB, and a decent RB with odds stacked against him barring a couple of injuries. But at least Beanie looks like an old school get at NCB who I fully expect to win the starting job.

[Ice]

I have no clue why you would give your highest signing bonus ever to a QB who can't be a QB in the NFL. Do they want to create some sort of HB/RB role for him?

Fwiw, they gave the previous "highest ever" bonus to that RB that didn't make the team last year, so it really doesn't matter that much in the big picture, I don't think.

[sinceiwas4]

I have no clue why you would give your highest signing bonus ever to a QB who can't be a QB in the NFL. Do they want to create some sort of HB/RB role for him?

Traysom Hill role perhaps ??

Have you heard of this Justin Fields fellow?

hahahaha, right?

[RemoAZ]

I have no clue why you would give your highest signing bonus ever to a QB who can't be a QB in the NFL. Do they want to create some sort of HB/RB role for him?

Traysom Hill role perhaps ??

Have you heard of this Justin Fields fellow?

Could he make the transition to WR? Future Hines/Randel El?

[bradshaw2ben]

Traysom Hill role perhaps ??

Have you heard of this Justin Fields fellow?

Could he make the transition to WR? Future Hines/Randel El?

No.

[Steelafan77]

Another Ferris State University football alum has received his opportunity to compete in the National Football League (NFL) as standout receiver Xavier Wade (Holland/West Ottawa) has accepted a rookie mini camp invite from the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers.

https://www.ferrisstatebulldogs.com/spo ... 0429w8ko0a

[SteelerDayTrader]

Daijun Edwards looks like a MUCH better RB than C Heyward to me

I would send Heyward to the practice squad

But I bet Edwards has a GREAT preseason/camp and the Steelers cut him attempt to put him on the PS and he gets claimed and becomes a decent NFL rotational RB

And Warren and Harris are half a step slow in the fourth and at the end of the season

[bradshaw2ben]

Daijun Edwards looks like a MUCH better RB than C Heyward to me

I would send Heyward to the practice squad

But I bet Edwards has a GREAT preseason/camp and the Steelers cut him attempt to put him on the PS and he gets claimed and becomes a decent NFL rotational RB

And Warren and Harris are half a step slow in the fourth and at the end of the season

It's not Heyward vs Patterson. Patterson is a RB, Heyward is a TE/HBack. Maybe it's Coletto or Heyward, but could be both make it.

[bradshaw2ben]

Another Ferris State University football alum has received his opportunity to compete in the National Football League (NFL) as standout receiver Xavier Wade (Holland/West Ottawa) has accepted a rookie mini camp invite from the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers.

https://www.ferrisstatebulldogs.com/spo ... 0429w8ko0a

I noticed him when looking at a couple of Ferris State players last year and considered him for Draft-A-Team this year.

The past couple of years Ferris State was the best team in the best conference of D2. Wade was their best receiver, with a 44+% dominator rating, meaning he was the receiver the other team tried to stop but couldn't.

He was their "athletic, big receiver" at that level but will have to adjust to being a normal-sized and normal athlete WR in the NFL. He was a good player at D2 and came up big in the championship run, so it's possible he shows something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egCxemixDjE

[Steelafan77]

Thank you sir for some insight on this guy. Never heard of him until last night…lol.

[SteelerDayTrader]

Daijun Edwards looks like a MUCH better RB than C Heyward to me

I would send Heyward to the practice squad

But I bet Edwards has a GREAT preseason/camp and the Steelers cut him attempt to put him on the PS and he gets claimed and becomes a decent NFL rotational RB

And Warren and Harris are half a step slow in the fourth and at the end of the season

It's not Heyward vs Patterson. Patterson is a RB, Heyward is a TE/HBack. Maybe it's Coletto or Heyward, but could be both make it.

I think Patterson is pretty close to a lock

C Heyward Colletto…….Just going off highlights I’d rather have Edwards on the roster than either one of those two……by a lot

[bradshaw2ben]

Arthur Smith led the universe last year in 22 personnel. They will either have a FB or a TE/HBack that looks exactly like a FB.

[bradshaw2ben]

Steelers signed a 6th UDFA (there are also tryout players): CB Derion McKenzie, CB, Merrimack. Details of he is measurables in the pinned thread about metrics, but the skinny is: he's slow and measured a couple of inches shorter than listed. STs/Safety kind of prospect.

[SteelerDayTrader]

Arthur Smith led the universe last year in 22 personnel. They will either have a FB or a TE/HBack that looks exactly like a FB.

You are probably right

Still

I think Edwards has some juice and if this team is gonna run the ball a lot they REALLY need a 3rd RB like Edwards