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Steelers A to Z: 10th-year guard Isaac Seumalo the lone veteran on the starting O-line
Editor’s note: From now until reporting day to training camp at Saint Vincent College, TribLive is running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, looking at each player and assessing his outlook for the 2025 season. The breakdown will run in alphabetical order with at least two players each day between June 12 and July 23. Contract data courtesy spotrac.com.
G ISAAC SEUMALO
Experience/age: 10th season, 31
Contract status: $10.12 million cap hit in 2025, after which will be unrestricted free agent
The past: Seumalo played in two Super Bowls and won a ring over his first seven NFL seasons, all with the Philadelphia Eagles. The top guard available in free agency in 2023, he signed with the Steelers on a three-year, $24 million contract. He’s started at left guard in 32 of the team’s 36 games (including playoffs) since, missing only the first four games of last season because of a torn pectoral muscle suffered late in the preseason. Seumalo played through a shoulder ailment late in the 2023 season but did not miss a start. Each of Seumalo’s two seasons with the Steelers, he has ranked in the middle of the pack of the league’s starting guards according to Pro Football Focus’ subjective grades. Last season, Seumalo was named to a Pro Bowl roster for the first time in his career.
As he enters his 10th season in the NFL, 31-year-old left tackle Isaac Seumalo has started 90 career games and appeared in 111. His 30 starts in two seasons since joining the #Steelers in free agency, makes him the elder statesmen in his position room.https://t.co/C4yNWxz1CM— Tribune-Review Sports (@TribSports) June 22, 2025
2025 outlook: Seumalo was always looked to as a sage veteran presence, even if he was mostly quiet. But since he signed, Mason Cole, James Daniels and Dan Moore Jr. are gone and in their place are four other starters who weren’t even in the league when Seumalo signed with the Steelers — Broderick Jones, Zach Frazier, Mason McCormick and Troy Fautanu. Seumalo’s 122 games of NFL experience to his credit (including playoffs) dwarfs the combined total for the unit’s other four 2025 starters (70). Hard to believe, but at less than 29 months Seumalo is the Steelers’ longest-tenured offensive lineman.
It will be interesting to see if there is any movement at all during camp on the idea of a contract extension for Seumalo. While the Steelers would likely prefer a younger and cheaper option, there are no obvious candidates internally. Spencer Anderson made five starts (including playoffs) last season, and the Steelers might want to watch him closely over this preseason to see if he can perhaps be Seumalo’s successor. Either way, expect Seumalo in 2025 to provide the same thing he did for the Steelers in 2023 and 2024 — steady, workmanlike, unspectacular-but-more-than-adequate play for them at left guard.
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