According to Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pittsburgh Steelers did not tender a one-year restricted tender to linebacker Terence Garvin prior to the start of the new league year and as a result, he is now an unrestricted free agent.
LB Terence Garvin receives no qualifying offer from Steelers as restricted FA, becomes unrestricted
— Ed Bouchette (@EdBouchette) March 9, 2016
$1.671 million is the amount of the lowest restricted tender teams can offer players this year.
Garvin, who played his college football at West Virginia, was originally signed by the Steelers after making a solid impression during the team’s 2013 rookie minicamp as a tryout invitee.