In the preseason, with 90 players on a roster, players on offense and defense can share a number, and undrafted rookie CB Beanie Bishop Jr. shared No. 30 with RB Jaylen Warren. Now, with the 53-man roster currently set and Bishop making the team, he’s switching his jersey number to No. 31, he told reporters on Wednesday via Brian Batko of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Bishop currently looks set to hold down the slot corner position for the Steelers. He’s Pittsburgh’s lone undrafted free agent from 2024 to make the roster, as he beat out Thomas Graham Jr.