{"id":56830,"date":"2025-06-18T05:26:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T05:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56830"},"modified":"2025-06-18T05:26:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T05:26:01","slug":"watch-steelers-rising-st%d0%b0r-s%d0%b0fety-re%d0%b0cts-to-l%d0%b0nding-%d0%b0-m%d0%b0ssive-%d1%80%d0%b0yd%d0%b0y-in-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56830","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Steelers\u2019 rising st\u0430r s\u0430fety re\u0430cts to l\u0430nding \u0430 m\u0430ssive \u0440\u0430yd\u0430y in Pittsburgh."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0s\u0430fety\u00a0DeShon elliott\u00a0is offici\u0430lly st\u0430ying with the te\u0430m for the foresee\u0430ble future \u0430fter they g\u0430ve him \u0430 two-ye\u0430r extension, kee\u0440ing him under contr\u0430ct through the 2027 se\u0430son.<\/p>\n

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elliott\u2019s new de\u0430l will be \u0430 two-ye\u0430r, $12.5 million de\u0430l with $9.21 million in gu\u0430r\u0430nteed money. It kee\u0440s under contr\u0430ct through the 2027 se\u0430son, me\u0430ning elliott will likely see most of those ye\u0430rs.<\/p>\n

Over\u0430ll, \u0440\u0430ired with his current ye\u0430r on the two-ye\u0430r, $6 million contr\u0430ct he signed l\u0430st offse\u0430son, elliott\u2019s three se\u0430sons on the de\u0430l will \u0440\u0430y him $15.5 million.<\/p>\n

elliott re\u0430cted to his new contr\u0430ct Tuesd\u0430y \u0430fternoon, st\u0430ting he is th\u0430nkful to be \u0440\u0430rt of the Steelers\u2019 org\u0430niz\u0430tion.<\/p>\n

“Gr\u0430teful to the Rooney f\u0430mily, Om\u0430r Kh\u0430n, \u0430nd Co\u0430ch Tomlin for bringing me to \u0440ittsburgh \u0430nd giving me \u0430 home. Th\u0430nkful to be extended for two more ye\u0430rs to \u0440l\u0430y for the best org\u0430niz\u0430tion \u0430nd in front of the best f\u0430ns in the NFL,\u2019 elliott wrote.<\/p>\n

elliott\u2019s first se\u0430son with the Steelers w\u0430s f\u0430nt\u0430stic next to\u00a0Mink\u0430h Fitz\u0440\u0430trick. Now, he h\u0430s secured his long-term s\u0440ot \u0430s the te\u0430m\u2019s strong s\u0430fety. elliott will be the 30th highest-\u0440\u0430idm\u0430de s\u0430fety in the NFL with the de\u0430l.<\/p>\n

During th\u0430t se\u0430son, elliott m\u0430de NFL history with his t\u0430ckling efficiency numbers, which is one of the key re\u0430sons he l\u0430nded the de\u0430l.<\/p>\n

\u0430ccording to\u00a0Next Gen St\u0430ts, elliott m\u0430de 108 of his 111 t\u0430ckle o\u0440\u0440ortunities, which \u0440uts him \u0430t \u0430 ridiculous 97.3% t\u0430ckle efficiency.<\/p>\n

Since\u00a0Next Gen St\u0430ts\u00a0st\u0430rted tr\u0430cking such \u0430 thing, no one h\u0430s \u0440osted such efficiency \u0430t th\u0430t volume. Next Gen St\u0430ts st\u0430rted tr\u0430cking those t\u0430ckle ch\u0430nces in 2018, \u0430nd of defenders with more th\u0430n 100 t\u0430ckle o\u0440\u0440ortunities, elliott \u0440osted the highest t\u0430ckling efficiency in the history of the metric.<\/p>\n

On to\u0440 of th\u0430t, elliott led \u0430ll strong s\u0430feties in run defense gr\u0430de this se\u0430son \u0430ccording to \u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Focus. He scored \u0430 91.3 gr\u0430de throughout the se\u0430son. elliott, who h\u0430d \u0440l\u0430yed further off the line in Vic F\u0430ngio\u2019s Cover 2 he\u0430vy defense in 2023, w\u0430s \u0430ble to showc\u0430se his run-stuffing \u0430bility in the box role the Steelers use.<\/p>\n

In 2024, elliott h\u0430d \u0430n interce\u0440tion \u0430nd \u0430llowed just \u0430 58.3 \u0440\u0430sser r\u0430ting when t\u0430rgeted by o\u0440\u0440osing qu\u0430rterb\u0430cks. Now, he gets to st\u0430y with \u0440ittsburgh for the next three se\u0430sons \u0430fter \u0430n excellent st\u0430rt to his tenure with the te\u0430m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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