Steelers OL Max Scharping Tore His ACL

Expect the team to place him on injured reserve soon. Scharping was one of the team’s reserve interior linemen. 

Scharping, 29, was drafted by the Texans in the second round out of Northern Illinois in 2019. He was in the final year of a four-year, $5 million rookie deal that included $2.9 million guaranteed when the Texans waived him coming out of the preseason. 

He was claimed by the Bengals and finished out the remainder of his deal. Cincinnati re-signed him to a one-year deal for the 2023 season. 

Scharping played out his deal with Cincinnati and signed a one-year deal with the Eagles in 2024. However, he was cut coming out of the preseason and landed with Washington. After a stint on Washington’s practice squad, he was signed away by the Steelers to their active roster. 

Pittsburgh brought Scharping back on a one-year deal for the 2025 season. 

In 2024, Scharping appeared in two games for the Steelers with no starts.