Tight end Eric Ebron appears to be the latest Pittsburgh Steelers player to have his contract restructured to create salary-cap space for the team.

According to an ESPN.com report Wednesday, Ebron agreed to have the final year of his two-year contract with the Steelers reworked, which would clear $3.9 million in cap space for the 2021 season.

Ebron signed a two-year, $12 million contract in 2020 that included a $5 million signing bonus. His cap hit for the 2021 season was scheduled to be $8.5 million, which covered $5.5 million in base salary, a $500,000 roster bonus and $2.5 million as part of the signing bonus.

The cap savings likely is due to the Steelers adding voidable years to Ebron’s contract. If the Steelers took his $5.5 million salary and $500,000 bonus, converted $4.925 million into a signing bonus and tacked on four voidable years, it would reduce his salary-cap hit to $4.56 million this year — a savings of $3.94 million.

Until this offseason, the Steelers never had used voidable years while structuring contracts. But creative measures were needed when the NFL salary cap was reduced from $198.2 million in 2020 to $182.5 million this year.

Ebron would be the fourth Steelers player to have voidable years added to his contract this offseason.

Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was the first to agree to such a deal, having voidable years added to his restructured contract. The Steelers also added voidable years when they re-signed free agents Cameron Sutton and JuJu Smith-Schuster.

After terminating the contract of cornerback Steve Nelson on Tuesday, the Steelers were about $8.7 million under the salary cap, according to overthecap.com. Restructuring Ebron’s contract would increase that figure to approximately $12.6 million.

Ebron, 27, had 56 receptions for 558 yards and five touchdowns in his first season with the Steelers. His seven dropped passes were tied for second most among all tight ends.

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