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The Pittsburgh Steelers have released two-time Super Bowl champion wide receiver Cornell Powell to their practice squad, the team announce on Tuesday.
Powell had signed with the Steelers’ practice squad on Nov. 26. He was not elevated and did not appear in any games. Powell was one of three wide receivers that tried out with the Steelers the week before he signed with the club.
Powell, 28, is a former fifth-round draft pick of the Kansas City Chiefs in his fifth professional season. Powell won two Super Bowl rings early in his career with the Chiefs. He spent four seasons in Kansas City, but played in just three games, and had only three snaps of offense. Powell did play 28 snaps of special teams, all coming during the 2022 season.
He was released by Kansas City on Nov. 19, 2024, and caught on with the Seattle Seahawks for the end of that season. He re-signed with Seattle for 2025, but was waived on Feb. 22.
Powell signed with the DC Defenders of the UFL this spring. In nine games with DC, he caught 29 passes for 418 yards and a league-high seven touchdowns on the way to a UFL title. That was enough to get him another shot in the NFL with the Houston Texans, but he was cut at the of training camp.
The 6-foot, 204-pound Powell spent his five collegiate seasons at Clemson, winning two College Football Playoff national championships. His most productive season came as a redshirt junior in 2020, when he caught 53 passes for 882 yards and seven touchdowns.
In addition to releasing Powell, the Steelers also re-signed defensive back Daequan Hardy, who had been released to make room for Powell.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Steelers Release 2-Time Super Bowl Champion Wide Receiver
