Earlier this September, OLB Taco Charlton was signed to the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad while starting OLBs T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith were dealing with groin injuries. Charlton remained on the practice squad up until Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns when Melvin Ingram was declared out with a groin injury of his own, prompting Pittsburgh to elevate Charlton from the practice squad to the active roster to serve as a reserve/rotational pass rusher against the Browns.
Charlton is infamously known as the 2017 first-round pick of the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas made the decision to select Charlton ahead of Watt by two spots in the draft since Carlton was seen as a better systematic fit in the Cowboys’ 4-3 defensive system at the time.