The 2020 NFL Draft will get underway Thursday night and while the Pittsburgh Steelers don’t have a selection scheduled in the first-round, one of their former first-round selections, outside linebacker Bud Dupree, has now signed the franchise tag tender he received from the team ahead of the start of the new league year in March.
Dupree, the Steelers first-round selection in the 2015 NFL draft out of Kentucky, recorded a career-high 11.5 sacks last season. He had 68 total tackles, three passes defensed and four forced fumbles as well.
For his career, Dupree has 31.