Pittsburgh Steelers sign WR Quez Watkins to practice squad

The Pittsburgh Steelers officially signed wide receiver Quez Watkins to their practice squad on Friday evening, according to the franchise’s Twitter page. He spent from 2020-2023 with the Philadelphia Eagles. Pittsburgh actually just recently signed Watkins to a one-year deal after spending his time with the Eagles, but the franchise released him on August 27th. But now just a few days later, he’s back on the team on the practice squad.

During the preseason, Watkins had two catches for 34 yards and one carry for six yards.

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He’s the third wide receiver currently on the Steelers’ practice squad, joining Brandon Johnson and Ben Skowronek. Given how thin their depth is at the position, he’s likely not the last wideout they’ll sign. The Pittsburgh offense struggled in the preseason with Russell Wilson and Justin Fields at quarterback. It was easy to see Mike Tomlin’s frustrations with both quarterbacks. Fields is clearly more explosive as a runner, but there are definite concerns with Fields and Wilson heading into the 2024 season.

On August 17th, both Fields and Wilson played for the entire preseason game, only managing 139 total yards between them and 3 total points.

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Watkins spent his college football career with the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, before being selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. For his career thus far, the speedy wideout has 98 catches for 1,249 yards and six touchdowns.

He’s shown flashes of speed and explosiveness over the years with the Eagles, with his best season coming in 2021, when he hauled in 43 catches for 647 yards and a touchdown.

Watkins had a pretty good career in college with Southern Miss, hauling in over 800 receiving yards in back-to-back seasons. He earned first team All-Conference USA honors both of those seasons. As a redshirt sophomore, he hauled in 72 catches for 889 receiving yards and nine touchdown catches. As a redshirt junior, he hauled in 64 catches for 1,178 yards and six touchdowns, despite missing the first two games of the year due to a suspension. He then announced that he would forgo his final season of NCAA eligibility to enter the 2020 NFL Draft.