Packers Trade for RB Kaleb Johnson From Steelers

The Green Bay Packers have agreed to trade for running back Kaleb Johnson from the Pittsburgh Steelers, a move that adds depth to their backfield amid uncertainty surrounding starter Josh Jacobs. The deal, announced by Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst on Sunday, August 30, 2026, sends a 2028 sixth-round draft pick to Pittsburgh in exchange for Johnson, a second-year player out of the University of Iowa. The transaction is pending a physical. The trade comes as the Packers address an immediate need. Jacobs, the team's primary running back, was placed on the commissioner's exempt list on Sunday following a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from a May arrest.