Steelers sign OT Calvin Anderson to a two-year deal

The Pittsburgh Steelers continue to add to their 2025 off-season roster ahead of the NFL draft. On Monday, the Steelers announced they have brought back tackle Calvin Anderson, who joined the Steelers during the 2024 season, on a two-year deal.

We have signed OL Calvin Anderson to a two-year contract. @BordasLaw

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— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) April 7, 2025

Anderson went undrafted in the 2019 NFL Draft out of Rice by the New England Patriots. After failing to make the Patriots’ 53-man roster, Anderson was signed by the New York Jets for the first four weeks of the season, but was poached off the Jets practice squad by the Denver Broncos.

Anderson called Denver home for the next three seasons before going back to the Patriots in 2023, where he spent much of 2023 training camp on the non-football injury list. In April 2024 Anderson revealed it was because he had contracted malaria while doing philanthropic work in Nigeria. He was placed on injured reserve on November 3, 2023  after suffering a heart contusion in practice.

On August 27, 2024, Anderson was placed on injured reserve, ending his season, and released a few days later. Anderson joined the Steelers after the injury to Troy Fautanu in order to give tackle depth, but also spent the final four weeks of the regular season on IR before returning for the postseason. Caderson appears in four regular season games with the Steelers and only played 11 snaps. But in the postseason, Anderson played 29 snaps when Dan Moore was injured and held up quite well.

Being able to handle the swing tackle position, Anderson will give the Steelers some freedom of having to address the position during or after the draft. At age 29, Anderson also gives some veteran presence to the Steelers young offensive line.

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