Every single year, dozens of players from around the league who did not hear their names called during draft weekend end up finding their way onto rosters. Even the Pittsburgh Steelers, who haven’t had as much success with college free agents recently, ended up with three on their team at different points: Fred Johnson, Tuzar Skipper, and Devlin Hodges.
Johnson was the only one on the 53-man roster for the season opener, though he was the team’s reserve, number nine lineman. As the season progressed and injury needs at running back arose, the Steelers waived him with the hope that they would be able to move him onto the practice squad, but the Cincinnati Bengals claimed him.