Derrick Harmon injury update: Latest news on Pittsburgh Steelers rookie's status

Mike Moraitis

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The Pittsburgh Steelers have an injury concern with their 2025 first-round pick, defensive lineman Derrick Harmon.

Harmon suffered an injury in the first half of the preseason Week 3 game against the Carolina Panthers. Video from the broadcast showed Harmon on a cart with a towel over his head.

Harmon appears to have suffered the injury in the second quarter. Here's what we know about Harmon's status thus far.

Derrick Harmon injury update

UPDATE: According to Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Harmon has avoided a season-ending injury and is expected to miss "at least a couple weeks."

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UPDATE: According to head coach Mike Tomlin, Harmon suffered a knee sprain, but he didn't offer any details beyond that.

While we didn't get a timeline, the fact that it's a knee sprain is great news after Harmon's troubling reaction to the injury initially.

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UPDATE: Some good news to report on Harmon, as the Steelers rookie was back on the sideline with his teammates in the fourth quarter.

"He's out here now on the sideline, sitting on the bench in between Cam Heyward and TJ Watt. The Steelers' locker room is on the opposite side of this sideline. He was able to walk out here in street clothes. So we're gonna take that as a good update," Steelers sideline reporter Missi Matthews said.

The fact that Harmon was able to go back to the sideline under his own power strongly suggests he has avoided a significant injury.

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UPDATE: Steelers sideline reporter Missi Matthews spoke to head coach Mike Tomlin at halftime but he did not have an update and said Harmon is still being evaluated.

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UPDATE: Steelers Senior Director of Communications Burt Lauten has announced that Harmon is dealing with a knee injury and has been ruled out for the rest of the game.

The severity of Harmon's injury remains unknown.

Here's video of Harmon being carted to the locker room. The look on his face is not good.

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Here's the screen capture of Harmon on the cart from the aforementioned video.

The exact injury remains unknown as of this writing.

Brian Batko of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette had this to say about the look on Harmon's face as he was being carted to the back.

"The look on Steelers first-round pick Derrick Harmon’s face when they briefly showed a glimpse of him on the cart on the KDKA broadcast? Not good at all. Damn," Batko wrote.

We'll update this page when more information is available.

Taken with the No. 21 overall pick in April's draft, Harmon is expected to start in his first season in the NFL. It goes without saying that losing Harmon would be a tough blow to the Steelers' defensive front.

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Mike Moraitis

Mike Moraitis is a freelance writer who covers the NFL for the Sporting News. Over his nearly two decades covering sports, Mike has also worked for Bleacher Report, USA TODAY and FanSided. He hates writing in the third person.