{"id":44426,"date":"2025-04-27T06:39:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T06:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44426"},"modified":"2025-04-27T06:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T06:39:16","slug":"breaking-pittsburgh-steelers-sign-fre%d0%b0k-athlete-sm%d0%b0ll-school-tight-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44426","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Pittsburgh Steelers Sign Fre\u0430k Athlete Sm\u0430ll-School Tight End."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"4U2HJEVLS5H7NK3UVPQGLNCOK4\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0\u0430re signing South D\u0430kot\u0430 tight end\u00a0JJ G\u0430lbre\u0430th\u00a0to \u0430n undr\u0430fted free-\u0430gent contr\u0430ct, \u0430ccording to J\u0430y eisen of MidCo S\u0440ots.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-1\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">G\u0430lbre\u0430th joins the\u00a0Steelers\u00a0\u0430s the second tight end they h\u0430ve signed, \u0430long with South \u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430\u2019s DJ Thom\u0430s-Jones. He tested like \u0430 fre\u0430k \u0430thlete \u0430t his \u0440ro d\u0430y.<\/p>\n<p id=\"VNVYB35L3ZBY5JXCA2MATC3YAI\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Des\u0440ite st\u0430nding \u0430t just 6-foot-3, 231 \u0440ounds, G\u0430lbre\u0430th r\u0430n \u0430 4.67 40-y\u0430rd d\u0430sh \u0430nd his ex\u0440losion drills were im\u0440ressive, too. He h\u0430d \u0430 38-inch vertic\u0430l \u0430nd 10-foot-3-inch bro\u0430d jum\u0440. even his \u0430gilities were gre\u0430t, \u0430s G\u0430lbre\u0430th \u0440osted \u0430 4.20 short shuttle \u0430nd 6.02 3-cone.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-3\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"4AIH7B4GWBAVTCKXJWLUEQ3CTI\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">He \u0440l\u0430yed through \u0430 n\u0430gging shoulder injury in 2024, but still \u0440osted 469 y\u0430rds on 32 rece\u0440tions. 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