The Indianapolis Colts have reportedly agreed to trade veteran wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. to the Pittsburgh Steelers, NFL Network's Tom Pelisseroreportedon Monday. The teams will reportedly swap late-round picks,per ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The Steelers are also giving Pittman a new three-year, $59 million contract, Schefterreports. Prior to the trade, he was entering the final year of a three-year, $70 million contract extension signed with the Colts back in March of 2024.
Pittman is coming off a down season with the club, having posted his lowest receiving total since his rookie campaign, finishing the year with 784 receiving yards. He did, however, manage a career high of seven receiving touchdowns in the 2025 season, which led the team.
The news comes following word that Indy signed impending free agent wide receiver Alec Pierce to anew four-year, $116 million contract.
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Pittman has spent each of his six seasons in the league with the Colts since being selected in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft, coming out of USC. Now, he rounds out the wide receiver room in Pittsburgh, which has desperately needed some depth behind star DK Metcalf.
The trade for Pittman now marks the second splash trade for wide receiver that Pittsburgh has made over the past two offseasons. Last March, the Steelersacquired Metcalf from the Seattle Seahawksin exchange for a second-round pick. The team then signed him to a lucrative five-year, $150 million contract. He finished his first season with the Steelers with a career-low 850 receiving yards.
Among Pittsburgh's departing wideouts this offseason are 2022 fourth-round pick Calvin Austin III, who is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the start of the new league year, as well as Adam Thielen, whoannounced his retirement from the NFLin January.
Still a question mark for the franchise is who will throw its wide receivers the football this year; future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers is a pending free agent. While thedoor is open for a returnin 2026, Rodgers indicated during an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show last week thathe has not yet received a contract offer from the Steelers— nor is he a lock to play, with retirement still a possibility.