The Pittsburgh Steelers have announced that they have signed running back Kerrith Whyte Jr. off of the Chicago Bears practice squad. The Bears did have the option of promoting him to their 53-man roster in order to keep him, but they apparently declined.
Whyte was a seventh round pick of the Bears in the 2019 NFL Draft and he made their 53-man roster to start the season. He was cut on September 26th to make room for tight end Bradley Sowell and then re-signed to Chicago’s practice squad the next day after clearing waivers.