The Pittsburgh Steelers have released UDFA DE Blake Mangelson, per the team’s official account on X.
His signing was initially announced by his agent on April 28th and made official several days later. He was around for rookie minicamp as well as the first week of OTA sessions, but he will now be looking for a job once again.
Prior to signing with the Steelers, he had also accepted a rookie minicamp invite to Minnesota Vikings, but had to cancel once the Steelers extended a contract offer.
The Steelers got to 91 players on the offseason roster with the signing of WR Montana Lemonious-Craig, so this release puts them back down to 90 with one open spot. They are allowed to have 91 players because Julius Welschof has a roster exemption as part of the NFL’s International Pathway program.
It is possible that this roster spot could be getting cleared for a veteran quarterback addition. That is expected to be Aaron Rodgers sometime before mandatory minicamp, but that isn’t a sure thing until he signs on the dotted line. There have also been rumblings of a potential trade for Kirk Cousins on the Atlanta Falcons.
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