As we’ve done in previous years, we’re taking a look at those Pittsburgh Steelers under Reserve/Futures contracts for the 2025 offseason — the ones who spent most of, if not the entire year, on the practice squad — and what we can expect from them during training camp and (hopefully) into the regular season. Today, an outlook on EDGE Eku Leota.
Eku Leota/EDGE Auburn – 6030, 252 pounds
For a brief time last season, the Steelers were hurting at outside linebacker. No Alex Highsmith. No Nick Herbig. It left Pittsburgh scrambling for reinforcements. That included Leota, signed off the Carolina Panthers’ practice squad in October.