Roosevelt Nix

Pittsburgh Steelers fullback Roosevelt Nix, set to re-sign on a one-year deal, warm ups before an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Cleveland, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

(Ron Schwane)

PITTSBURGH -- Roosevelt Nix is set to re-sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers, his agent, Bill Parise, told PennLive.com.

The fullback will sign a one-year, $615,000 contract Friday morning -- the minimum for a player with his two years of experience.

Nix has played in 25 games, not including the postseason, for the Steelers since the team signed him to a futures contact in January of 2015. As an undrafted rookie free agent defensive end out of Kent State, Nix was released by the Atlanta Falcons early in training camp of the previous year.

Before every Steelers game that they could, Le'Veon Bell and DeAngelo Williams took walks (jogs) to the end zone and back. Inside their pregame chats.

When he joined the Steelers for organized team activities in 2015 head coach Mike Tomlin had Nix switch from linebacker to fullback, Nix said, where he ultimately made the team, featuring primarily on special teams. A standout on kickoff coverage, he's recorded 11 total tackles in two years.

Nix has carried the ball four times for 21 yards in the same span, though he was the lead blocker for some of Le'Veon Bell's best performances this season.

He missed the first five games of the 2016 campaign before playing out the remainder of the season.

Nix was an exclusive rights "free agent," meaning all the Steelers had to do to retain him was make an offer by March 9.