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Saints Release Former Steelers WR

Former Pittsburgh Steelers second-round pick is looking for a new NFL home.
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Saints Release Former Steelers WR
Saints Release Former Steelers WR

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PITTSBURGH -- One former Pittsburgh Steelers draft pick will have to find a new home after the team he had spent training camp with released him. 

The New Orleans Saints have parted ways with former Steelers second-round pick James Washington, waiving him, according to ESPN's Field Yates. Washington hits the open market with two preseason games left as he searches for his fourth NFL home. 

The Steelers drafted the former Biletnikoff Award winner out of Oklahoma State with the 60th overall pick of the 2017 NFL Draft and his college teammate, current Pittsburgh quarterback Mason Rudolph, was picked up 16 picks later. 

Washington spent four seasons with the Steelers from 2018 to 2021, amassing 114 receptions for 1629 yards and 11 touchdowns over 60 appearances and 25 starts. The Steelers elected not to resign him after his rookie contract expired and Washington went on to sign a one-year deal with the Dallas Cowboys that spring. 

He suffered a fractured fifth metatarsal injury in practice during training camp that year and did not return until December. Dallas released him in January and Washington caught on with the Giants' practice squad one week later. After his contract expired with New York, he signed with the Saints in May on a one-year deal and it took just three months before he was released again. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper. He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press. During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general. 

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