The Steelers announced on Monday they are signing RB Wendell Smallwood to the practice squad.
We've signed RB Wendell Smallwood to the practice squad!@BordasLaw https://t.co/XBvPTM0Dss
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) September 7, 2020
As a veteran, Smallwood is eligible for the practice squad this year.
Pittsburgh’s full practice squad includes:
- DB Trajan Bandy
- S Antoine Brooks
- P Corliss Waitman
- DL Henry Mondeaux
- OL Derwin Gray
- OL Anthony Coyle
- WR Amara Darboh
- LB Jay Elliott
- S Curtis Riley
- DT Dan McCullers
- WR Deon Cain
- RB Trey Edmunds
- OT Jarron Jones
- TE Kevin Rader
- RB Wendell Smallwood
Smallwood, 26, is a former fifth-round pick by the Eagles in the 2016 NFL Draft out of West Virginia. He was entering the final year of his four-year, $2,584,578 rookie contract and set to earn a base salary of $720,000 last year when the Eagles waived him coming out of the preseason.
Smallwood was claimed off waivers by Washington and spent the rest of the year with the team. He signed a one-year deal with the Steelers this summer but was cut coming out of camp.
In 2019, Smallwood appeared in 15 games for Washington and recorded 22 carries for 81 yards (3.7 YPC). He also caught nine passes for 64 yards and didn’t score a touchdown.
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