{"id":1454,"date":"2024-11-17T03:59:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T03:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2024-11-17T03:59:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T03:59:11","slug":"breaking-steelers-sign-veteran-rb-to-active-roster-place-former-1st-round-pick-on-ir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=1454","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Steelers Sign Veteran RB to Active Roster, Place Former 1st-Round Pick on IR.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\" style=\"width: 494px;\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2178271820.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2178271820.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2178271820.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2178271820.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Jonathan Ward\" width=\"494\" height=\"277\" data-dom-ready-time=\"639\" data-img-load-time=\"839\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>The Pittsburgh Steelers announced placing cornerback C.J. Henderson on the reserve\/injured list and signed running back Jonathan Ward to the active roster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0made a few different roster moves ahead of the Week 11 showdown against the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens. Most notably,\u00a0they signed\u00a0running back\u00a0Jonathan Ward\u00a0to the active roster and placed cornerback\u00a0C.J. Henderson\u00a0on injured reserve.<\/p>\n<p>The second of those two transactions probably isn\u2019t a good sign for running back\u00a0Jaylen Warren. The third-year back was added\u00a0to the team injury report\u00a0with a back ailment on November 14. He\u2019s officially listed as questionable for Week 11.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow running back\u00a0Najee Harris was also on the injury report with an ankle issue. However, he fully practiced on November 14 and 15 and doesn\u2019t have an injury designation for Week 11.<\/p>\n<p>Henderson landed\u00a0on the team\u2019s reserve\/injured list because of a neck injury he suffered during practice. He didn\u2019t practice on November 14 or 15.<\/p>\n<p>A former first-round pick for the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars\u00a0from the 2020 NFL draft,\u00a0Henderson has spent\u00a0most of this season on Pittsburgh\u2019s practice squad.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Henderson,\u00a0the Steelers placed\u00a0cornerback\u00a0Zyon Gilbert on their practice squad\/injured list on November 16.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Steelers Add RB Jonathan Ward to Week 11 Roster<\/h2>\n<p>Like Henderson, Ward has spent most of the 2024 campaign on the Steelers practice squad. But he has been active for four regular season games as either a practice squad elevation or late-week roster signing as he was on November 16.<\/p>\n<p>In those four games with the Steelers this season,\u00a0Ward has rushed\u00a0for 22 yards on 5 carries. He has played 10 offensive snaps and 59 snaps on special teams.<\/p>\n<p>Ward also entered the league in 2020 but as an undrafted free agent. He played his first two and a half seasons with the\u00a0Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>As a rookie,\u00a0he played\u00a0in a career-high 14 games. He didn\u2019t have a rushing attempt but caught a pass for an 11-yard touchdown. Ward mostly played on special teams, recording 174 snaps on the unit.<\/p>\n<p>In his second NFL season, Ward played a career-high 201 special teams snaps.<\/p>\n<p>Over his first four campaigns in the league, Ward played at least 88 special teams snaps every season. Although Week 11 will only be his fifth game of 2024, he could still reach 88 special teams snaps this season since he\u2019s averaging nearly 15 snaps on the unit per game.<\/p>\n<p>The Cardinals waived Ward midway through the 2022 season. He finished the campaign with the\u00a0New York Jets\u00a0and\u00a0Tennessee Titans. Ward appeared in 10 games for the Titans from 2022-23.<\/p>\n<p>Henderson came into the NFL as the No. 9 overall pick. But he failed to live up to his lofty draft expectations. The Steelers signed him to their practice squad on September 25 after he didn\u2019t make the\u00a0Houston Texans\u00a0roster in training camp.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Steelers Place CB Zyon Gilbert on Practice Squad Injured List<\/h2>\n<p>Henderson wasn\u2019t the only cornerback from Pittsburgh\u2019s practice squad dealing with an injury this week.\u00a0The Steelers also placed\u00a0Gilbert on the injured list on November 16.<\/p>\n<p>Gilbert has been on and off the Steelers practice squad throughout this fall.\u00a0He last played\u00a0in an NFL regular season game with the\u00a0New York Giants\u00a0in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He spent time with the\u00a0Green Bay Packers\u00a0last season.<\/p>\n<p>Without Henderson and Gilbert, the Steelers don\u2019t have any healthy cornerbacks remaining on their practice squad. But\u00a0they do have\u00a0D\u2019Shawn Jamison\u00a0and\u00a0Ayo Oyelola, who are listed as defensive backs, on the practice squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyThe Pittsburgh Steelers announced placing cornerback C.J. Henderson on the reserve\/injured list and signed running back Jonathan Ward to the active roster. 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