The Pittsburgh Steelers shuffled the back end of their cornerbacks corps during an idle day from training camp, signing former Michigan and XFL standout Lavert Hill on Monday.
The 5-foot-10, 190-pound Hill had two interceptions and 25 tackles in 10 games for the St. Louis Battlehawks this spring. He had six interceptions and 20 passes defensed over 32 games his final three college seasons, earning first- or second-team all-Big Ten recognition each time.
But Hill, 24, went undrafted and bounced around between five other NFL teams without making it into any regular-season games. Though most of his NFL preseason and college action has come as an outside corner, Hill does have experience in the slot/nickel position. He most recently was with the Cleveland Browns last summer.
The Steelers waived Isaiah Dunn and waived/injured Duke Dawson on Monday. Dawson took the first reps of training camp as the first-team nickel back but hasn’t been seen playing with the starters much since that July 27 practice. Chandon Sullivan and Elijah Riley mostly have shared that designation since, and Dawson suffered a knee injury during Friday’s preseason victory at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Dunn played 22 snaps in that game, nine days after he’d signed in the wake of the season-ending knee injury suffered by rookie cornerback Cory Trice.
The Steelers return to practice at 1:55 p.m. Tuesday at Saint Vincent.
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