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The Pittsburgh Steelers have released punter Aidan Laros, the team announced on Monday. The Steelers claimed Laros off waivers from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last week.
Laros, a Capetown, South Africia native, was an undrafted free agent out of Kentucky. He averaged 44.5 yards per punt last year. In his collegiate career, he had 134 punts for 6,137 yards with a 45.8 career average.
Laros played two seasons at the University of Kentucky, after spending time at Charlotte and University of Tennessee at Martin.
In his final season at Kentucky, he handled punts and kickoffs and was on the Ray Guy watch list. He was ranked seventh in the SEC and 31st nationally in punting.
With Laros released, Cameron Johnston is the only punter on the Steelers’ roster.
Johnston, 34, joined the Steelers as a free agent in 2024, but was lost for the season to a major leg injury in Week 2. The Steelers signed Corliss Waitman to replace Johnston, who spent the entire year and much of the 2025 offseason rehabbing his leg injury.
Waitman punted well in 2024, averaging 46.4 yards per punt gross and 41.9 yards per punt net, with 41.5% of his punts downed inside the 20-yard line.
Last offseason, the Steelers held a competition between Johnston and Waitman, and the younger Waitman surprisingly won the battle and the starting job. Johnston was waived and caught on with the Buffalo Bills, where another injury sidelined him, this time to his foot after a roughing the kicker penalty.
In a corresponding move, the Steelers signed wide receiver Levi Wentz to a one-year contract. Linebacker linebacker Daylan Carnell was also released on Monday.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Steelers Cut Ties with Promising Punter
