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Pittsburgh Steelers guard Max Scharping is out for the remainder of the 2025 season after suffering a torn ACL during practice on Wednesday, according to a report by Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.
Scharping suffered the injury in practice on Wednesday and had an MRI to determine the extent of the injury. That testing revealed a torn ACL, which is a season ending injury with a typical recovery time of at least nine months.
Scharping, 29, is in his second season with the Steelers. He joined the club in 2024, signing on Oct. 1 and remaining with the team for the rest of the season, but he only appeared in two games.
He re-signed with the Steelers for 2025 and was expected to be one of the team’s backup interior offensive linemen, along with Spencer Anderson and Ryan McCollum. Scharping has only a one-year contract and is slated to become a free agent next March.
Scharping was a second-round pick of the Houston Texans in the 2019 NFL Draft out of Northern Illinois. He spent his first three seasons with the Texans, immediately becoming a starter at left guard in 2019.
In 2021, Scharping moved over to right guard and was again a starter for the third straight season, but he was waived by Houston in August of 2022. He then caught on with the Cincinnati Bengals, where he played sparingly over two seasons as a backup at guard and center.
A 6-foot-6, 325-pound lineman, Scharping came into the league with a reputation of being a strong pass protector from his time at NIU. He posted an 8.83 out of 10 Relative Athletic Score at the 2019 NFL Combine.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Steelers Offensive Lineman Out for Season after ACL Injury
