The Pittsburgh Steelers have officially announced the trade with the Seattle Seahawks for cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon. The Steelers will be surrendering their 2023 fifth-round draft pick pending a passed physical.
We have acquired CB Ahkello Witherspoon from the Seattle Seahawks for our 2023 fifth-round pick, pending a physical.
To make room on the 53-man roster, we released DL Henry Mondeaux.@BordasLaw | : https://t.co/II1kc5Rvwk pic.twitter.com/YHUmf3tLyt— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) September 3, 2021The report of the impending trade by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport came mid day on Friday as the Steelers are in the second day of their four days off before returning for preparation for Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season.