TRANSACTIONS: Originally signed by the Miami Dolphins as a college free agent on May 10, 2018...Waived by the Dolphins on Sept. 1, 2018...Signed to the Houston Texans practice squad on Nov. 20, 2018.
Spent the offseason and preseason with the Dolphins
Signed to the Texans practice squad prior to Week 12
Spent Weeks 12-17 and the postseason on the Texans practice squad
Played one season (2017) at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. after playing three seasons (2014-16) at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, R.I. and redshirting the 2013 season
Appeared in 46 career games with 44 starts during his collegiate career
Started all 13 games at right tackle for the Boilermakers
Earned All-Big Ten honorable mention in his lone season at Purdue
Blocked for an offense that averaged 403.1 yards per game
Started all 11 games as a junior
Started nine games at right tackle and two games at left tackle
Started at right tackle and helped the Rams rush for a season-high 226 yards and two touchdowns at Elon (11/12)
Helped the Rams rush for 170 yards and only allow one sack at Kansas (9/3)
Started all 11 games at right tackle as a redshirt sophomore
Appeared in 11 games with nine starts as a redshirt freshman for the Rams
Part of an offensive line that surrendered only 22.0 sacks all season, the second-fewest in the Colonial Athletic Association
Attended Grafton (Mass.) High School and played four seasons of football and three seasons of track and field
Named team captain as a senior in 2012
Son of Mark and Deb Steinmetz
Enjoys hunting, fishing, off-roading, hiking and anything outdoors
Majored in criminology and criminal justice and began his master's in leadership
