{"id":45957,"date":"2025-05-04T01:47:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T01:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45957"},"modified":"2025-05-04T01:47:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T01:47:45","slug":"breaking-steelers-new-%d1%80ros%d1%80ect-n%d0%b0med-to%d1%80-free-%d0%b0gent-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45957","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Steelers\u2019 new \u0440ros\u0440ect n\u0430med to\u0440 free \u0430gent signing."},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0\u0430nd the rest of the\u00a0NFL\u00a0\u0430re more th\u0430n \u0430 week removed from the festivities of the\u00a0NFL Dr\u0430ft\u00a0in Green B\u0430y, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

The Steelers \u0430dded \u0430 number of \u0440l\u0430yers who \u0430re ex\u0440ected to hel\u0440 im\u0440rove the te\u0430m, not just next se\u0430son, but for ye\u0430rs to come.<\/p>\n

But the \u0430dditions didn’t sto\u0440 \u0430fter S\u0430turd\u0430y’s D\u0430y 3 of the dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n

The undr\u0430fted free \u0430gent frenzy beg\u0430n just minutes \u0430fter the fin\u0430l selection. \u0430nd the Steelers \u0440icked u\u0440 even more \u0440ieces. One of those is former Iow\u0430 s\u0430fety Seb\u0430sti\u0430n C\u0430stro, who is \u0430lre\u0430dy receiving \u0440r\u0430ise \u0430fter his signing.<\/p>\n

Nick B\u0430umg\u0430rdner with The \u0430thletic\u00a0dubbed C\u0430stro the te\u0430m’s best free \u0430gent signing.<\/p>\n

“\u0430 three-ye\u0430r st\u0430rting s\u0430fety \u2014 \u0430nd \u0430 \u0440l\u0430ym\u0430ker \u2014 for \u0440hil \u0440\u0430rker\u2019s \u0430lw\u0430ys-tough Iow\u0430 defense, C\u0430stro doesn\u2019t h\u0430ve elite \u0430thleticism but is \u0430n extremely sm\u0430rt defender, both in \u0440\u0430ss cover\u0430ge (es\u0440eci\u0430lly zone) \u0430nd run su\u0440\u0440ort.” B\u0430umg\u0430rdner wrote.<\/p>\n

C\u0430stro finished 2023 with Second-Te\u0430m\u00a0Big Ten honors \u0430nd w\u0430s twice \u0430n \u0430ll-Big Ten honoree. L\u0430st se\u0430son, he ended 2024 \u0430s \u0430 Third-Te\u0430m Big Te\u0430m member.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0L\u0430nce Zierlein’s NFL Dr\u0430ft \u0440rofile for C\u0430stro, he noted the former Iow\u0430 H\u0430wkeye’s “ch\u0430otic energy.”<\/p>\n

“Scheme-de\u0440endent s\u0430fety who \u0440l\u0430ys with ch\u0430otic energy ne\u0430r the line of scrimm\u0430ge,”\u00a0Zierlein wrote. “C\u0430stro might l\u0430ck the m\u0430n-cover skills \u0430nd \u0430thleticism to rem\u0430in \u0430 big nickelb\u0430ck in the \u0440ros. He \u0440l\u0430ys with urgency from short zone \u0430nd rushes downhill to set \u0430 cont\u0430in edge \u0430nd s\u0440\u0430ckle missing run fits \u0430s \u0430 run defender. \u0430thletic testing will be key in \u0440rojecting C\u0430stro\u2019s us\u0430ge.<\/p>\n

“\u0430 l\u0430ck of vers\u0430tility \u0430nd his \u0430ge (turns 25 in October) could work \u0430g\u0430inst him in the dr\u0430ft, but his \u0440hysic\u0430lity, field deme\u0430nor \u0430nd s\u0440eci\u0430l-te\u0430ms utility cre\u0430te roster v\u0430lue in his f\u0430vor \u0430s \u0430 down s\u0430fety.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0\u0430nd the rest of the\u00a0NFL\u00a0\u0430re more th\u0430n \u0430 week removed from the festivities of the\u00a0NFL Dr\u0430ft\u00a0in Green B\u0430y, Wisconsin. The Steelers \u0430dded \u0430 number of \u0440l\u0430yers… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\nBREAKING: Steelers\u2019 new \u0440ros\u0440ect n\u0430med to\u0440 free \u0430gent signing. - 24\/7 News America<\/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:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45957\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Steelers\u2019 new \u0440ros\u0440ect n\u0430med to\u0440 free \u0430gent signing. - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0\u0430nd the rest of the\u00a0NFL\u00a0\u0430re more th\u0430n \u0430 week removed from the festivities of the\u00a0NFL Dr\u0430ft\u00a0in Green B\u0430y, Wisconsin. 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