Central Florida quarterback John Rhys Plumlee is one of the five undrafted free agents the Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to terms with following Saturday’s draft. And the Steelers, by their standard, paid plenty to land him. According to NFL Insider Aaron Wilson, Plumlee received a $35,000 signing bonus from the team.
#Steelers quarterback John Rhys Plumlee: $35,000 signing bonus
— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) April 28, 2024
The Steelers are one of the few teams who don’t offer partial base salary guarantees to UDFAs, the workaround teams use to avoid the signing bonus cap limit (just over $183,000 this year) and land the top undrafted players.