(Credit for Photo: Steelers safety DeShon Elliott walks off the field during warmups before the Steelers Bengals game at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Sebastian Foltz/Post-Gazette)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pittsburgh Steelers placed safety DeShon Elliott on the injured reserve on Sunday.

Elliott will miss at least the first four games of the 2026-2027 NFL season.

Elliott, who signed a two-year extension in June of 2025 with the Steelers that keeps him under contract through 2027, suffered a significant leg injury in 2025’s Week 8 against the Green Bay Packers and missed the rest of the 2025 NFL season.