Player: Olasunkanmi Adeniyi
Position: Outside Linebacker
Experience: 3 Years
Free Agent Status: Restricted
2020 Salary Cap Hit: $755,000
2020 Season Breakdown:
With Anthony Chickillo let go, Olasunkanmi Adeniyi had an opportunity going into the 2021 season to establish himself as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ number three edge defender, having already had two years in the team’s system.
He failed to do that, losing out to a rookie third-round draft pick who had no Spring workouts and no preseason. Granted, that says as much about how well Alex Highsmith did, and how prepared he was for the NFL level from the word go, even coming out of a small school, as it does Adeniyi.