The Pittsburgh Steelers signed wide receiver Justin Hunter to a one-year contract Wednesday. The 26-year old Hunter had 10 receptions and four touchdowns last season with Buffalo and Miami. He spent his first three seasons in the NFL with Tennessee.
Free agent linebacker Dont’a Hightower re-signed with the New England Patriots Wednesday. He had visited with the Steelers for nearly eight hours the day before, but returns to the team that drafted him for a reported four-year $43.5 million deal.