Steelers Sign S Eric Rowe To Practice Squad

Pittsburgh’s practice squad now includes:

1. DL Jacob Slade
2. OL Doug Nester
3. WR Brandon Johnson
4. LB Devin Harper
5. WR Ben Skowronek (Injured)
6. WR Quez Watkins
7. DB Ayo Oyelola (International)
8. CB D’Shawn Jamison
9. OLB Eku Leota
10. DB Zyon Gilbert (Injured)
11. NT Breiden Fehoko
12. RB Aaron Shampklin
13. LB Adetokunbo Ogundeji
14. OT Dylan Cook
15. DT Domenique Davis
16. TE Matt Sokol
17. WR Jamal Agnew
18. S Eric Rowe

Rowe, 32, is a former second-round pick of the Eagles back in 2015. He was traded to the Patriots for a conditional fourth-round pick in 2016.

Rowe made a base salary of $705,000 for the 2018 season before signing a one-year contract worth $3.5 million. He later joined the Dolphins on a three-year, $18 million extension with $7 million guaranteed in 2019. 

He joined the Panthers last offseason but was released coming out of the preseason and later signed to the team’s practice squad. Carolina opted to move on from Rowe and he signed with the Steelers practice squad.

In 2023, Rowe appeared in three games for the Steelers, recording 29 tackles, one tackle for loss, one interception, one forced fumble, and two pass defenses.