{"id":793621,"date":"2026-03-05T11:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/793621\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T11:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:41:11","slug":"steelers-calvin-austin-switches-agents-ahead-of-2026-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/793621\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers&#8217; Calvin Austin switches agents ahead of 2026 free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 5, 2026, 5:09 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"http:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2026\/03\/04\/steelers-nfl-release-jonnu-smith\/88992686007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> wide receiver Calvin Austin III \u2014 who&#8217;s set to become a <a href=\"http:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2026\/03\/03\/steelers-free-agents-nfl-aaron-rodgers\/88959850007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">free agent<\/a> next week \u2014 recently switched agents as he gears up for the biggest payday of his career. And it doesn&#8217;t bode well for a return to the Steel City this offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">On Wednesday, Nick Farabaugh of Penn Live reported that Austin switched agents from Rodney Williams to Drew Rosenhaus, known for maximizing his clients&#8217; contract value.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Austin, who was selected by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" data-autotag=\"c4d4185f-a327-423a-aa54-67a40f9dee05\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Steelers<\/a> in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft, recorded 1,100 receiving yards and 9 total touchdowns in 48 games, including 16 starts, from 2023\u20132025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It&#8217;s hard to imagine Austin commanding much of a market given his stats as a receiver, but his game-changing speed and electric return ability could sway a team to overpay his Spotrac-projected average annual value of $4.8 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For up-to-date\u00a0Steelers\u00a0coverage, including any offseason moves, follow us on X\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheSteelersWire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">@TheSteelersWire<\/a>\u00a0and give our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SteelersWire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0a like.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 5, 2026, 5:09 a.m. ET Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Calvin Austin III \u2014 who&#8217;s set to become&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[95878,7,6,520,57,2360,96718,96719,426,95882,111612,96793,95893,95888,95895,95899,95906,96720,111613,96071,95883,1461,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-793621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","13":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","14":"tag-sstssportsnflsteelers","15":"tag-sstsnsteelers","16":"tag-steelers","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagaustin","19":"tag-tagcalvin-austin-iii","20":"tag-tagfacebook","21":"tag-tagnfl","22":"tag-tagnfl-hub","23":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","24":"tag-tagoverall-positive","25":"tag-tagpittsburgh-steelers","26":"tag-tagrodney-williams","27":"tag-tagsmg-timely","28":"tag-tagsports-news","29":"tag-tx","30":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116176387245832681","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}