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The Pittsburgh Steelers have released veteran offensive tackle David Sharpe to their practice squad, the team announced on Tuesday
Sharpe, 30, signed with the team on Dec. 10, as the Steelers were dealing with injuries to their top three options at left tackle. He did not appear in a game and was not elevated from the practice squad. The Steelers were able to reconstitute some of their tackle depth when Andrus Peat returned from a concussion.
Starter Broderick Jones remains on the injured reserve list and is out for the season with a neck injury and swing backup Calvin Anderson is also on IR with a knee injury, but third-stringer Dylan Cook has played well in filling in,
Before signing with the Steelers, Sharpe had been with the Los Angels Chargers practice squad for most of this season, but was released on Dec. 2. Before that, he spent time with the New York Jets, Houston Texans, Carolina Panthers, Baltimore Ravens, Washington Football Team and Oakland Raiders.
The 6-foot-6, 343-pound Sharpe was a fourth-round pick of the Raiders out of Florida in the 2017 NFL Draft. He started two games as a rookie in 2017, but was waived coming out of the preseason in 2018 and signed by the Texans. After appearing in two games with Houston, he was again waived and claimed by the Raiders, where he appeared in 17 games and made two more starts between the 2018 and 2019 seasons.
In 2020, the Raiders traded Sharpe and a seventh-round draft pick to Washington for a sixth-round pick. He played in 10 games and made two starts with Washington, but was waived after training camp in 2021.
Sharpe appeared in three games for the Ravens in 2021, eight for the Panthers in 2023 and one with the Chargers this year, without making a start. Of his career 662 snaps, 499 have come at right tackle, 131 at left tackle and 32 as a sixth offensive lineman.
A Jacksonville, Florida native, Sharpe attended Duncan U. Fletcher high school in Neptune Beach, where he was an All-American Bowl selection and also played basketball. With the Gators, he started at left tackle as a true sophomore in his second year and declared for the NFL Draft after starting every game of his junior season.
In addition to signing Sharpe and promoting Cook, the Steelers also released veteran running back Trey Sermon from their practice squad, leaving them with one vacant slot. Their 53-man roster is full.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Steelers Cut Ties with Massive Offensive Tackle
