The Pittsburgh Steelers should be done tendering the restricted and exclusive rights free agents they wish to retain this offseason. According to a source, the team has issued a one-year exclusive rights tender to center/guard J.C. Hassenauer. The amount is $895,000 and the Steelers effectively used $70,000 of 2022 salary cap space to in tendering him after roster displacement.
Hassenauer made the Steelers 2021 roster out of training camp, and he opened the regular season as a backup. In Week 10, the Alabama product and former undrafted free agent was forced into action at the left guard position after starter Kevin Dotson went down with an ankle injury.