PITTSBURGH - Former Duquesne linebacker/long snapper Christian Kuntz was signed to the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad, team officials announced on Tuesday. This marks Kuntz's third stint with the six-time Super Bowl champions, as the Chartiers Valley graduate spent both the 2019 and '20 preseasons with the team. 

Kuntz was a two-time Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year for the Dukes and recorded a school-record 30.5 sacks while his 71.5 career tackles for loss rank sixth on the NCAA FCS all-time list.

Prior to signing with the Steelers in 2020, Kuntz played for the Dallas Renegades of the XFL. He also spent part of the 2018 offseason with the Denver Broncos, signed a futures contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars at the end of the 2018 campaign after entering the NFL with the New England Patriots in 2017. 

Recently named to the Northeast Conference football "Mount Rushmore" as one of the top four players in conference history, he is the only Duquesne player to earn three STATS FCS All-America honors during his career. Kuntz and nine-year NFL veteran Leigh Bodden are the only two-time Associated Press All-Americans in program history.

He led the Dukes to three NEC championships during his career (2013, 2015, 2016) and was a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award as a senior, given to the National Defensive Player of the Year at the FCS level.