The Pittsburgh Steelers have cut former Arizona State running back Xazavian Valladay after signing him a couple weeks ago when he was waived by the Texans.
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Valladay had originally signed with Houston as an undrafted free agent, so he has already faced the adversity of being cut twice in his first NFL offseason.
Valladay had four carries for eight yards in his lone preseason game with the Texans. Since being picked up by Pittsburgh, Valladay had 12 carries for 30 yards across two games.
In his only season at ASU, Valladay led the Pac-12 in rushing touchdowns with 16 and was first on the Sun Devils in all-purpose yards with 1,481. He came to ASU after four seasons with Wyoming where he became the active FBS leader in rushing yards.Â
Valladay finished his five-year collegiate career with 4,446 total rushing yards and 35 touchdowns on the ground. He also had a 929 receiving yards and caught four touchdowns in his career.
The sixth-year senior, who is listed at 5-foot-11 and 198 pounds, was projected to be a late-round pick or fall out of the draft completely. NFL Mock Draft Database had Valladay’s consensus ranking at 313 overall. He was arguably one of the biggest snubs from the NFL Combine and participated in the East-West Shrine Bowl, where he led the West with 13 carries for 76 yards.
We will see if Valladay can find a new home.
The NFL’s deadline for 53-man rosters has now passed and several Sun Devils, including Valladay, N’Keal Harry, Chase Lucas, Timarcus Davis and Kyle Soelle, have been cut.
Stay tuned for more NFL roster news.
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Brendan Mau is a college sports insider and general assignment reporter for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on X via @Brendan_Mau
