The Steelers are adding Sebastian Joseph-Day to their defensive line, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Joseph-Day has landed a two-year, $11MM contract. He will earn $6MM in 2026.
Joseph-Day, who will turn 31 on March 21, is headed to his fifth NFL organization. The Rutgers product has logged 90 starts in 105 games since he entered the league as a Rams sixth-round pick in 2018. Joseph-Day stayed with the Rams through 2021, their Super Bowl LVI-winning season, and has since played for the Chargers, 49ers and Titans.
Although Joseph-Day signed a three-year, $24MM deal with the Chargers in 2022, he did not make it through two full seasons on the pact. The Chargers cut him in late 2023. The 49ers scooped up Joseph-Day, who played two regular-season games with them and appeared in all three of their playoff matchups. San Francisco won the NFC, but Joseph-Day was on the field for just four defensive snaps in the team’s Super Bowl LVIII loss to the Chiefs.
After his brief 49ers stint, Joseph-Day joined the Titans on a one-year deal in 2024. He wound up starting in 12 of 17 games and picking up 44 tackles, six QB hits and 2.5 sacks. The Titans were impressed enough to give Joseph a raise on another one-year pact last March. Playing for a guaranteed $5MM in 2025, the 6-foot-4, 310-pounder logged another 17-game season and notched 41 tackles, six QB hits and a pair of sacks over 10 starts.
While Joseph-Day’s traditional numbers were similar in each of his two seasons in Tennessee, Pro Football Focus assigned him a much higher grade in 2024. He ranked 22nd among 132 qualifying interior defensive linemen then. Joseph-Day fell to a still-respectable 41st among 127 qualifiers last year.
A Stroudsburg, Pa., native, Joseph-Day will return to the Keystone State to join the likes of Cameron Heyward, Keeanu Benton, Derrick Harmon and Yahya Black on the Steelers’ defensive line. With new coordinator Patrick Graham at the helm, the Steelers have also added other notable defenders in cornerback Jamel Dean and safety Jaquan Brisker in free agency.
Seems like another solid add. They badly needed some good D-line depth with versatility, and he’s exactly that.
Yeah and slowly taking more positions off the board in round 1. At this point G and QB would be most likely, with LB and TE as “top talented to pass up” options
I’m guessing O-line, a wideout and perhaps a QB. Like MonkeysUncle said, they can use a talented D-lineman or two, too. Over these past few years, running backs have routinely gone through it with ease