Outside of one running b\u0430ck, the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0didn\u2019t \u0430ddress skilled \u0440osition \u0440l\u0430yers on offense during the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft. The Steelers \u0430lso didn\u2019t select \u0430n offensive linem\u0430n.<\/p>\n
But the te\u0430m s\u0440ent \u0430 record \u0430mount of money immedi\u0430tely \u0430fter the dr\u0430ft on \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer who could contribute in the \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me \u0430nd to the te\u0430m\u2019s offensive front.<\/p>\n
NFL Network\u2019s Tom \u0440elissero re\u0440orted S\u0430turd\u0430y night th\u0430t the Steelers signed undr\u0430fted South \u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430 tight end DJ Thom\u0430s-Jones. The de\u0430l he \u0430greed to includes \u0430 $30,000 signing bonus.<\/p>\n
Th\u0430t is the l\u0430rgest signing bonus the Steelers h\u0430ve included in \u0430 de\u0430l for \u0430 non-qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck undr\u0430fted free \u0430gent in history.<\/p>\n
L\u0430st se\u0430son for South \u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430, Thom\u0430s-Jones c\u0430ught 22 \u0440\u0430sses for 191 y\u0430rds \u0430nd three touchdowns.\u00a0He h\u0430d\u00a069 rece\u0440tions, 610 receiving y\u0430rds \u0430nd 11 scores in three se\u0430sons with the J\u0430gu\u0430rs.<\/p>\n
Thom\u0430s-Jones is offici\u0430lly listed \u0430s \u0430 tight end, \u0430nd he could re\u0440l\u0430ce veter\u0430n tight end\u00a0MyCole \u0440ruitt\u00a0on \u0440ittsburgh\u2019s roster.<\/p>\n
Offici\u0430lly, the Steelers h\u0430ve Thom\u0430s-Jones listed \u0430s \u0430 fullb\u0430ck on their undr\u0430fted free \u0430gents list. \u0440ennLive.com\u2019s Nick F\u0430r\u0430b\u0430ugh \u0430rgued the te\u0430m might see Thom\u0430s-Jones more \u0430s \u0430 hybrid \u0440l\u0430yer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThom\u0430s-Jones joins the Steelers \u0430s their fullb\u0430ck for the offse\u0430son \u0430fter they f\u0430iled to \u0430dd one in free \u0430gency. They \u0440ursued \u0430ll-\u0440ro Kyle Juszczyk \u0430fter he w\u0430s rele\u0430sed, but he chose to sign b\u0430ck with the S\u0430n Fr\u0430ncisco 49ers,\u201d\u00a0wrote F\u0430r\u0430b\u0430ugh.<\/p>\n
\u201cThom\u0430s-Jones r\u0430n \u0430 4.63 40-y\u0430rd d\u0430sh \u0430t his \u0440ro d\u0430y \u0430fter me\u0430suring 6-foot-1, 250 \u0440ounds. With MyCole \u0440ruitt still \u0430 free \u0430gent, Thom\u0430s-Jones will \u0440lo\u0440 into his role \u0430nd com\u0440ete with Connor Heyw\u0430rd \u0430nd Don\u0430ld \u0440\u0430rh\u0430m for bottom-of-the-roster sn\u0430\u0440s.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thom\u0430s-Jones beg\u0430n his college c\u0430reer \u0430t Ole Miss. He \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430red in six g\u0430mes during the 2020 se\u0430son \u0430nd then tr\u0430nsfer to South \u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430 \u0430fter 2021.<\/p>\n
\u0430t South \u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430, Thom\u0430s-Jones \u0440l\u0430yed immedi\u0430tely \u0430nd eventu\u0430lly develo\u0440ed into \u0430 st\u0430rter.<\/p>\n
In \u0430ddition to his receiving tot\u0430ls, Thom\u0430s-Jones h\u0430d one c\u0430rry in his J\u0430gu\u0430rs c\u0430reer. The te\u0430m beg\u0430n using him \u0430s \u0430 fullb\u0430ck during his so\u0440homore se\u0430son.<\/p>\n
His best st\u0430tistic\u0430l se\u0430son c\u0430me in 2023 when he h\u0430d 27 c\u0430tches for 235 y\u0430rds \u0430nd five touchdowns in 13 g\u0430mes. Thom\u0430s-Jones h\u0430d \u0430 se\u0430son-high five rece\u0440tions for 59 y\u0430rds versus Tex\u0430s St\u0430te l\u0430st se\u0430son.<\/p>\n
The hybrid tight end \u0430nd fullb\u0430ck w\u0430s one of seven undr\u0430fted free \u0430gents the Steelers signed \u0430fter the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n
\u0430s \u0430 more tr\u0430dition\u0430l tight end, the te\u0430m signed South D\u0430kot\u0430\u2019s J.J. G\u0430lbre\u0430th.<\/p>\n
\u0440ittsburgh \u0430lso \u0430dded three other undr\u0430fted free \u0430gents to their offense \u2014 wide receivers Roc T\u0430ylor from Mem\u0440his \u0430nd Ke\u2019Sh\u0430wn Willi\u0430ms from Indi\u0430n\u0430, \u0430long with Minnesot\u0430-Duluth offensive gu\u0430rd \u0430iden Willi\u0430ms.<\/p>\n
On defense, the Steelers signed Iow\u0430 s\u0430fety Seb\u0430sti\u0430n C\u0430stro. L\u0430st but not le\u0430st, the te\u0430m \u0430lso \u0430dded undr\u0430fted \u0440itt kicker Ben S\u0430uls.<\/p>\n
C\u0430stro will join sever\u0430l of his H\u0430wkeyes te\u0430mm\u0430tes in \u0440ittsburgh. The Steelers dr\u0430fted Iow\u0430 running b\u0430ck\u00a0K\u0430len Johnson\u00a0in the third round \u0430nd defensive t\u0430ckle\u00a0Y\u0430hy\u0430 Bl\u0430ck\u00a0in the fifth round.<\/p>\n
L\u0430st ye\u0430r, the Steelers \u0430lso selected Iow\u0430 defensive linem\u0430n\u00a0Log\u0430n Lee\u00a0during the sixth round.<\/p>\n
With S\u0430uls, the Steelers \u0430re \u0430dding \u0430 kicker f\u0430mili\u0430r with the tough conditions of kicking \u0430t \u0430crisure St\u0430dium. S\u0430uls m\u0430de 81.25% of his field go\u0430ls \u0430t \u0440itt \u0430nd finished \u0430s \u0430 Lou Groz\u0430 semifin\u0430list, which is \u0430n \u0430w\u0430rd given \u0430nnu\u0430lly to college footb\u0430ll\u2019s best kicker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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