The Steelers need some depth at safety heading into 2025 and could find it in Pittsburgh native Jordan Whitehead.
As the Pittsburgh Steelers and general manager Omar Khan continue to make moves to improve the team this summer, they find themselves short a safety.
Khan orchestrated a trade with the Miami Dolphins to bring in corner Jalen Ramsey and tight end Jonnu Smith, while sending Minkah Fitzpatrick back to Miami.
That means Fitzpatrick's roster spot in the safety room must be filled, and there is a local option that could be a good fit.
Jordan Whitehead played at Central Valley High School in Monaca, Pennsylvania and went to Pitt to play collegiately before being selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round in 2018.
Whitehead is now a free agent, but coming off a partially torn pectoral suffered in Week 12 last season that kept him out until Week 17. He was also in a car accident in early January that kept him out of the team's Wild Card loss to the Washington Commanders.
The former Pitt Panther originally played with the Bucs through 2021 before leaving for the Jets in free agency. He returned to Tampa Bay as a free agent last offseason, but failed to impress.
Overall, across 105 games with 101 starts in the NFL over seven seasons, Whitehead has registered 557 total tackles with 394 solo and 31 for loss with 2.5 sacks and seven QB hits.
He's added 11 interceptions, a pair of forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.
As of now, DeShon Elliott and Juan Thornhill are the starting safeties for Pittsburgh, with rookie Sebastian Castro, Quindell Johnson and Miles Killebrew behind them. Khan would certainly like to add some veteran depth to the room.
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