It didn’t take long for former Tennessee star quarterback Joshua Dobbs to find a new, but familiar NFL home after being cut by the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday.
Dobbs was claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, the same team that drafted him with the No. 135 pick in the 2017 NFL draft.
Steelers are releasing QB Duck Hodges to make room for QB Josh Dobbs, per league source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 6, 2020
The 25-year-old was traded to Jacksonville for a fifth-round pick in the 2020 NFL draft before the start of the 2019 season, and did not play a snap for the Jaguars while backing up Nick Foles and Gardner Minshew.
He returns to Pittsburgh, where he spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons as a backup quarterback. Dobbs has only attempted 12 passes in his NFL career, with all 12 coming from the five games he appeared in for the Steelers in 2018. Dobbs completed six of those passes for 43 yards and an interception. He has yet to throw a touchdown in his NFL career.
A stellar collegiate career in Knoxville saw Dobbs throw for over 7,000 yards from 2013-16, with 53 career passing touchdowns and 32 rushing touchdowns.