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The Pittsburgh Steelers released cornerback Daryl Porter Jr. in their second wave of cuts on Monday afternoon. Porter signed with the club on Aug. 4.
Porter, 23, originally signed with the Buffalo Bills as a UDFA after going undrafted at the 2025 NFL Draft. He was waived by the Bills on July 28.
The Steelers were dealing with a number of injuries at the cornerback position when they signed Porter, as Joey Porter Jr., Cory Trice and Donte Kent were all banged-up.
Porter had moments of success with the Steelers, but the cornerback room is absolutely loaded. If he clears waivers, he could be an option for the practice squad.
Porter is the the son of former NFL safety Daryl Porter Sr., who had two stints with the Steelers amid a six-year NFL career. Porter Sr., who was the Steelers’ sixth-round pick out of Boston College in the 1997 NFL Draft, never played in a regular-season game with the team and was best-known for his three-year run with the Buffalo Bills from 1998-2000.
Porter Jr. committed to West Virginia out of American Heritage High School in Florida in the Class of 2020 and spent two seasons with the Mountaineers, where he played in 19 games and recorded one interception, six passes defended and 46 tackles, one for a loss.
He transferred to Miami for the 2022 season, and appears in 30 games with the Hurricanes, racking up 62 tackles, two tackles for loss and seven passes defended.
The 5-foot-11, 184-pound Porter did not test well in the pre-draft process, with a 4.58-second 40-yard dash, 4.53-second shuttle, 7.15-second three-cone drill and 36-inch vertical giving him a 2.10 Relative Athletic Score out of 10.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Steelers Let Go Promising Cornerback
