Ex Steelers Running Back Attempts Comeback

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Former Pittsburgh Steelers fifth-round pick and running back Jaylen Samuels has yet another new home.

Per the team's X account, the Ottawa Redblacks have signed Samuels along with five other free agents.

: We've made the following moves today:

SIGNED:
QB Miles Hastings
RB Jaylen Samuels
DL Deandre Johnson
DL John Morgan III
DB Derrek Pitts Jr.
DB Shakur Brown

: https://t.co/VBTSoQgZMgpic.twitter.com/E51fIqu7sV

— Ottawa REDBLACKS (@REDBLACKS) May 1, 2025

"We've made the following moves today: SIGNED: QB Miles Hastings, RB Jaylen Samuels, DL Deandre Johnson, DL John Morgan III, DB Derrek Pitts Jr., DB Shakur Brown"

Samuels was drafted by the Steelers in the fifth round at No. 165 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.

The former NC State Gamecocks running back played for Pittsburgh for three seasons, appearing in 14 games each year, spreading out eight starts. He totaled 459 yards rushing on 131 attempts with one touchdown.

Samuel left Pittsburgh to join the Houston Texans in 2021 before signing with the Arizona Cardinals in 2022. He was cut before the season started that season.

He went back to Houston to join the XFL's Roughnecks in 2022 and then to San Antonio to the UFL's Brahamas in the 2024 UFL Draft.

Samuel was without a team until the Redblacks came calling from the Great White North. He's just 28 years old and should still have a ton of football left in him.

The Redblacks finished 2024 at 9-8-1 and in third place in the East Division, losing 58-38 to the Toronto Argonauts in the East Semifinal game of the playoffs.


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