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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Ray Fittipaldo reported Alex Highsmith was not at the team's mandatory minicamp practice Wednesday after Nick Herbig's contract extension.
Edge rusher Nick Herbig returned to the practice field Wednesday for the Pittsburgh Steelers. But fellow edge rusher Alex Highsmith was absent.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Ray Fittipaldo reported Highsmith wasn’t at practice Wednesday, which was the second day of the team’s mandatory minicamp.
Highsmith was missing a day after Herbig signed his 4-year, $100 million extension.
With Herbig’s new contract, the Steelers are paying three edge rushers “starter money” while typically only two start.
In response to Fittipaldo’s report, which he posted on X, Steelers senior director of communications Burt Lauten indicated Highsmith was missing Wednesday because he was feeling under the weather.
“Alex Highsmith is not present today at practice due to an illness but will continue to be at the practice facility as he has been all offseason,” wrote Lauten. “Confirmed by me.”
The Steelers will conclude their mandatory minicamp Thursday. It will be interesting to see if Highsmith returns to practice.