#44 Carson Bruener
LB room context
View full depth chart →Carson Bruener holds the LILB · Depth spot in Pittsburgh Steelers’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:
Carson Bruener played 18 games in 2025 with a 0% snap share.
Background & career
Carson Bruener is a 6'1", 226-pound linebacker from Washington who was selected by Pittsburgh in the seventh round (226th overall) of the 2025 NFL Draft. He appeared in 17 regular-season games as a rookie with no starts, recording 19 tackles on special teams, including seven solo stops. His special teams contribution tied for the 10th-most tackles in the NFL in 2025, while his 12 assisted tackles on special teams tied for fifth-most in the League. Bruener made his professional debut in Week 1 against New York. At Washington, he played five seasons and appeared in 52 games with 19 starts, accumulating 305 tackles and five interceptions.
Washingtonthrough 2024