Steelers Sign Wide Receiver Washington; Release Herron 

 

 

The Steelers have signed receiver Nate Washington from the practice squad today. To make room for Washington on its roster, Pittsburgh released rookie running back Noah Herron. 

Washington (6-1, 185), an undrafted rookie free agent from Tiffin (Ohio), originally made the 53-man roster but was released on Sept. 13. He was then signed two days later to the practice squad.  

Washington owns eight individual Tiffin receiving records, including receptions in a game (13), yards in a game (299), receptions in a season (70), yards in a season (1,428), touchdowns in a season (16), receptions in a career (212), yards in a career (4,214) and touchdown receptions (47). 

Herron (5-11, 224) was selected by the Steelers in the seventh round (7b) of the 2005 NFL Draft.