AP

Last week, it was former Michigan quarterback (turned receiver) Devin Gardner. This week, it’s former Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd.

Both have been jettisoned from the Steelers roster, well in advance of the mandatory cut-down date.

Boyd, a sixth-round pick of the Jets in 2014, was cut when the team reduced to 53 players last August. He later played in the Fall Experimental Football League, and he signed with the Steelers in March.

He was a long shot to make the team, especially given that he played in neither of the team’s preseason games to date. And with Bruce Gradkowski emerging from the PUP list the Steelers no longer needed Boyd as a camp arm.

To fill the roster spot created by the departure of Boyd, the Steelers signed undrafted rookie free agent receiver Jarrod West.