On Wednesday morning, the Pittsburgh Steelers made it official announcing on their Twitter page that LB Jaylon Smith was signed to the practice squad along with S Nate Meadors.
He is already in Pittsburgh and spoke to the media before practice today. He was asked if he had prior ties to head coach Mike Tomlin dating back to his draft process in 2016.
“Yeah, great relationship. Tomlin’s a guy that any player wants to play for,” Smith said in a clip posted by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Ray Fittipaldo on X. “Me coming out of college, was gonna be a top-three pick and got hurt the last game, so a lot of guys thought I’d never play again.