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Steelers Add New LS Rex Sunahara

The Pittsburgh Steelers are bringing in another specialist.

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PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers will bring in another special teamer ahead of 2023 training camp. 

Former West Virginia long snapper Rex Sunahara signed with the Steelers early this week, his trainer announced on Twitter. This is the second stint in Pittsburgh for the third-year specialist. 

Sunahara entered the league as an undrafted free agent with the Miami Dolphins in 2020 after a collegiate career that included stops at the University of Rhode Island, where he was a basketball player, and West Virginia, where he shifted to football full-time in 2018 and 2019. 

After being released by the Dolphins, he was signed to a reserve/futures contract prior to the 2021 season and was then released for a second time, signed and released again in August. He then signed with the Steelers late in 2021 but did not make the roster or appear in any games. 

Sunahara spent this past spring with the Arlington Renegades of the XFL. The 6'2 and 242-pound Sunahara is expected to compete with incumbent long snapper Chrisitan Kuntz during training camp. 

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Stephen Thompson
STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper. He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press. During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general. 

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