Pittsburgh Steelers to release veteran wide receiver Robert Woods
The Pittsburgh Steelers are releasing veteran wide receiver Robert Woods ahead of Tuesday’s 53-man roster deadline, per NFL Insider Ian Rapoport. He signed a one-year, $2 million contract with Pittsburgh this offseason.
Woods is one of the most experienced wide receivers remaining in the National Football League, as he has played 12 seasons with four teams (Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams, Tennessee Titans and Houston Texans). In 171 career games, he boasts 683 receptions for 8,223 yards and 38 touchdowns.
In just one preseason game, Woods hauled in one catch for four yards. Per Rapoport, the door is however open for a possible return to the franchise later this season.
Woods was a five-star recruit coming out of Junipero Serra (Gardena, CA) in the Class of 2010, where he was tabbed the No. 3-ranked player in the country. He committed to USC, where he’d play from 2010-2012. As a Trojan, he hauled in 253 catches for 2,930 yards and 32 touchdowns. Prior to entering the 2013 NFL Draft, Woods was named a Consensus All-American (2011) and was a two-time First Team All-Pac 12 selection.
Woods hasn’t quite been the same since 2021 ACL tear
He was selected by the Buffalo Bills with the No. 41 pick in the Second Round of the 2013 NFL Draft, where he’d go on to spend the first four years of his NFL career. It wasn’t until he signed a five-year, $34 million contract with the Los Angeles Rams prior to the 2017 season where he’d see his play rise to the next level.
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Woods emerged into a solidified top-20 receiver with the Rams, hauling in 367 receptions for 4,626 yards and 23 touchdowns from 2017-2021. He won a ring with Los Angeles in 2021, but had his season shortened due to a torn ACL in November.
Following his departure from the Rams, he’s spent the last three seasons with the Tennessee Titans (2022) and Houston Texans (2023-24). He hasn’t quite gotten back to his pre-torn ACL level of play, but it isn’t too late for another team to take a shot on a veteran receiver like Woods.
Pittsburgh now boasts eight wide receivers on its depth chart, with that number likely to shrink even further.