Cornerback · Pittsburgh Steelers

Role Score

Rotation

Projected Role

Unknown

Current Status

TBPIT

Last Season → Now

Player profile

Age: 29 yr
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 206 lb
NFL Experience: 7 years
Birth Date: Oct 15, 1996
College: Auburn; Ohio State
Draft: 2019
Draft Pick: R3 · #94

Availability & contract

Expected Games: 14/17
Total Contract: $37M
This Year: $5.5M
Per Game: $324K

Roster Value breakdown

Compare this player against

Roster Value+16.0 vs NFL CB76th percentile

Role+14.6 vs NFL CB72nd percentile

Experience+48.0 vs NFL CB92nd percentile

Prime−11.5 vs NFL CB14th percentile

Durability+18.6 vs NFL CB74th percentile

Continuity−29.3 vs NFL CB0th percentile

Draft Pedigree+31.4 vs NFL CB76th percentile

Contract Fit+1.2 vs NFL CB49th percentile

Status and availability

Where he stands

Unknown

His roster status is not established yet.

Next game

Not established

We do not yet have what it takes to answer this for the next game.

No published status yet

Still needed: a scheduled next game.

Where Jamel Dean fits · Cornerbacks

PIT cornerbacks, last season vs this season — Jamel Dean is highlighted. This shows where he sits in the room now, alongside last season's group for context.

NEW arrived this offseasonRE-UP re-signedLEFT left after last season- returning players are unmarked

This season · 2026Coach TBD

#24Joey Porter Jr.Active/PUP899215/177399909679$4.9M26.26'2"194

#5Jalen RamseyActive/PUP797216/179965936492—31.96'1"208

#22Asante Samuel Jr.68729/177651549675$4.0M27.05'10"180

#35Jamel Dean636214/17850807760$5.5M29.96'1"206

Doneiko SlaughterPractice squad45455/17——50960—24.96'0"190

#42Car'lin VigersPractice squad39305/17——50960—26.16'2"200

#26Brandin Echols492515/176545898417$3.9M28.95'10"178

#34Donte KentReserve/PUP25202/170050965$918K25.05'10"195

Last season · 2025Coach TBD

Joey Porter Jr.Active/PUP899215/177399909679$4.9M26.26'2"194

Jalen RamseyActive/PUP797216/179965936492—31.96'1"208

Asante Samuel Jr.68729/177651549675$4.0M27.05'10"180

Cory Trice Jr.Reserve list47726/1724035965—26.36'3"215

Tre Flowers47459/17760506838—31.36'3"203

D'Shawn JamisonUnknown37458/1716045940$1.1M27.35'10"187

Brandin Echols492515/176545898417$3.9M28.95'10"178

Daequan HardyInjured reserve28252/170050969$515K25.35'9"178

Donte KentReserve/PUP25202/170050965$918K25.05'10"195

James PierreUnknown——15/17——————30.06'2"185

Contract notes

Short excerpts from public reporting. These notes are reported context, separate from the structured contract figures above.

“signed cornerback Jamel Dean to a three-year contract.”

ReportedPittsburgh Steelers official site

Transactions

Every tracked move involving this player, from the canonical transaction tracker.

#35Jamel Dean

Roster Value63

TBPITOffseason roster

Pittsburgh Steelers sign Jamel Dean

Mar 14, 2026

Official