{"id":13835,"date":"2024-10-17T08:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T08:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835"},"modified":"2024-10-17T08:18:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T08:18:02","slug":"steelers-bring-back-edge-rusher-days-after-release-sign-undrafted-rookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835","title":{"rendered":"Steelers Bring Back Edge Rusher Days After Release, Sign Undrafted Rookie.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2178593786.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2178593786.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2178593786.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2178593786.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Ade Ogundeji\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"669\" data-dom-ready-time=\"701\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>The Pittsburgh Steelers brought back edge rusher Ade Ogundeji and signed undrafted free agent Craig Young on October 16.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Edge rusher\u00a0Ade Ogundeji\u00a0is back with the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers announced\u00a0on October 16 that they signed Ogundeji to their practice squad. The move came two days after\u00a0the team released\u00a0Ogundeji from the 53-man active roster.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been an eventful few days for the 26-year-old edge rusher.\u00a0The Steelers signed\u00a0Ogundeji from their practice squad to the active roster ahead of the Week 6 matchup against the\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>Ogundeji joined a Pittsburgh roster before Week 6 that was missing\u00a0Alex Highsmith\u00a0and\u00a0Nick Herbig.\u00a0The Steelers also placed\u00a0defensive end\u00a0DeMarvin Leal\u00a0on injured reserve on October 12.<\/p>\n<p>Ogundeji played\u00a016 defensive snaps, posting 1 pass defense with zero tackles.<\/p>\n<p>A day after the game, the Steelers released the veteran edge rusher. But with his return to the team, Ogundeji is a candidate for a practice squad elevation in Week 7.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Ogundeji,\u00a0the Steelers signed\u00a0linebacker\u00a0Craig Young to their practice squad on October 16. Young went unselected in the 2024 NFL draft.<\/p>\n<p>He spent training camp with the\u00a0Indianapolis Colts. But\u00a0the Colts waived\u00a0Young as part of their final roster cuts ahead of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Atlanta Falcons Rookie Adetokunbo Ogundeji Ultimate Highlights 2021\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cMiSilJdsik?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Ade Ogundeji Returns to Steelers Practice Squad<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s not surprising that the Steelers found a way to bring Ogundeji back into the fold. While he didn\u2019t stand out in his Pittsburgh debut on October 13, he played well enough to remain on the team in some capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers are also still dealing with injuries at edge rusher. During his press conference on October 15,\u00a0head coach Mike Tomlin ruled out\u00a0Herbig for Week 7 versus the\u00a0New York Jets.<\/p>\n<p>Tomlin expressed more optimism around Highsmith playing against New York, but Ogundeji could still be a weekend addition to the game day roster for extra depth.<\/p>\n<p>Ogundeji began his NFL career as a fifth-round pick in the 2021 draft for the\u00a0Atlanta Falcons. He started 27 games for Atlanta from 2021-22.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Week 6 this season, he hadn\u2019t played in an NFL regular season game since Week 18 of the 2022 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In 33 career NFL games,\u00a0Ogundeji has posted 75 combined tackles, including 8 tackles for loss. He\u2019s also recorded 3 sacks and 3 quarterback hits.<\/p>\n<p>He registered\u00a0a 63.8 player grade (out of 100) from Pro Football Focus during Week 6.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-youtube-com\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Play\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oBNYl2hwPVY?start=273&amp;autoplay=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Steelers Sign Linebacker Craig Young<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to bringing back Ogundeji,\u00a0the Steelers signed\u00a0Young to their practice squad on October 16.<\/p>\n<p>Young committed\u00a0to Ohio State as a 3-star prospect in the 2019 recruiting class. But after three seasons with the Buckeyes,\u00a0Young transferred to one of his other original final college choices in Kansas.<\/p>\n<p>With the Jayhawks, he became a star,\u00a0posting\u00a0101 combined tackles, including 11 tackles for loss and 6 sacks in 25 games from 2022-23.<\/p>\n<p>Young is now\u00a0one of four linebackers the Steelers have on their practice squad. However, the team does not differentiate between inside and outside linebackers on their official practice squad roster.<\/p>\n<p>Other than Young and Ogundeji, Pittsburgh\u2019s other two practice squad linebackers are\u00a0Devin Harper\u00a0and\u00a0Eku Leota.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers also had\u00a0linebacker\u00a0Jacoby Windmon\u00a0on their practice squad until October 15.\u00a0KPRC2 NFL insider Aaron Wilson reported\u00a0that the\u00a0Carolina Panthers\u00a0poached Windmon off the Steelers practice squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyThe Pittsburgh Steelers brought back edge rusher Ade Ogundeji and signed undrafted free agent Craig Young on October 16. Edge rusher\u00a0Ade Ogundeji\u00a0is back with the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers. The&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Steelers Bring Back Edge Rusher Days After Release, Sign Undrafted Rookie.. - Sport News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Steelers Bring Back Edge Rusher Days After Release, Sign Undrafted Rookie.. - Sport News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GettyThe Pittsburgh Steelers brought back edge rusher Ade Ogundeji and signed undrafted free agent Craig Young on October 16. Edge rusher\u00a0Ade Ogundeji\u00a0is back with the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers. The...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sport News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-17T08:18:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3-339.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1164\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1106\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrThoang\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrThoang\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835\",\"name\":\"Steelers Bring Back Edge Rusher Days After Release, Sign Undrafted Rookie.. - Sport News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3-339.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-17T08:18:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-17T08:18:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/#\/schema\/person\/b3b5296194c6399b0fbe4712b5e4c426\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3-339.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3-339.jpg\",\"width\":1164,\"height\":1106},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Steelers Bring Back Edge Rusher Days After Release, Sign Undrafted Rookie..\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/\",\"name\":\"Sport News\",\"description\":\"Explore top US sports stories\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/#\/schema\/person\/b3b5296194c6399b0fbe4712b5e4c426\",\"name\":\"MrThoang\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be5ba3c8132d276d7fde2279f07f247e26640fa9566092f6e440900bfaabd87b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be5ba3c8132d276d7fde2279f07f247e26640fa9566092f6e440900bfaabd87b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MrThoang\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?author=4\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Steelers Bring Back Edge Rusher Days After Release, Sign Undrafted Rookie.. - Sport News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Steelers Bring Back Edge Rusher Days After Release, Sign Undrafted Rookie.. - Sport News","og_description":"GettyThe Pittsburgh Steelers brought back edge rusher Ade Ogundeji and signed undrafted free agent Craig Young on October 16. Edge rusher\u00a0Ade Ogundeji\u00a0is back with the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers. The...","og_url":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835","og_site_name":"Sport News","article_published_time":"2024-10-17T08:18:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1164,"height":1106,"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3-339.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MrThoang","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MrThoang","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835","name":"Steelers Bring Back Edge Rusher Days After Release, Sign Undrafted Rookie.. - Sport News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3-339.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-17T08:18:02+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-17T08:18:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/#\/schema\/person\/b3b5296194c6399b0fbe4712b5e4c426"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3-339.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3-339.jpg","width":1164,"height":1106},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=13835#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Steelers Bring Back Edge Rusher Days After Release, Sign Undrafted Rookie.."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/","name":"Sport News","description":"Explore top US sports stories","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/#\/schema\/person\/b3b5296194c6399b0fbe4712b5e4c426","name":"MrThoang","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be5ba3c8132d276d7fde2279f07f247e26640fa9566092f6e440900bfaabd87b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be5ba3c8132d276d7fde2279f07f247e26640fa9566092f6e440900bfaabd87b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MrThoang"},"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?author=4"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13841,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13835\/revisions\/13841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}