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Titans Bring Back Versatile RB For Fourth Season

Originally posted on Tennessee Titans on SI
By Lane Mills | Last updated Mar 17, 2026 2:51 PM ET

The Tennessee Titans, amidst endless rumors about their potential rookie-lead plans for the backfield ahead of this year's NFL Draft, have re-signed a depth piece that, for the time, will be around at least one more year.

According to Jim Wyatt, the Titans are retaining Julius Chestnut on the short-term deal. The agreement interrupts a relative silence for Tennessee after an action-packed start to their free agency period. For now, the running back room remains unshaken.

Chestnut, who will be going into his fourth season with the Titans, has yet to score a touchdown in a regular season contest with the team. With just 154 combined yards over the last two years, the signing is unlikely to make any visible difference as far as the team's performance goes.

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Retaining Depth

Even so, as the backfield approaches a draft that could seriously change its landscape, keeping a reliable body around on the sideline is far from an unimaginable step to take. In fact, it's a safe and understandable one.

Even if Chestnut doesn't see the field, continuing to receive inconsequential, if any, clock, his sticking around may be a positive bit of locker room cohesion in an offseason otherwise set on turning that very thing over.

That's something to hold on to and, at the end of the day, it's more news to get Titans fans through the team's current dry spell ahead of an inevitably busy April on the horizon.

This article first appeared on Tennessee Titans on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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