Pittsburgh Steelers sign former Packers cornerback

The Pittsburgh Steelers are signing former Green Bay Packers and New York Giants cornerback Zyon Gilbert, the team announced. That move comes after Kalon Barnes suffered a quad injury that caused the Steelers to waive/injured him. Barnes reverted to injured reserve after clearing waivers.

As previously reported by PennLive, the Steelers signed former Patriots wide receiver T.J. Luther in addition to Gilbert. Luther comes on board after the team waived/injured wide receiver Tarik Black, who suffered a hamstring injury on Sunday.

The Steelers’ roster is full as of now. After these signings, they have 91 players, but they are allowed to have one more player due to the international exemption for German outside linebacker Julius Welschof.

Gilbert was an undrafted free agent in the 2022 NFL Draft out of Florida Atlantic. He had a hot start to his collegiate career, earning starting reps as a freshman. So far in his NFL career, he has 14 tackles, and the 6-foot cornerback has experience playing on the outside and in the slot, so the Steelers could experiment with moving him around the defense if they wanted.

Gilbert was released two weeks ago from Packers camp and tried out for the Steelers before signing with them earlier this week. Now, he will get a chance to replace the reps left behind by Barnes and prove he belongs on the team.