FOXBORO, Mass. — Byron Cowart’s 2021 season is over.
The New England Patriots will not activate the third-year defensive tackle off the physically unable to perform list, head coach Bill Belichick confirmed Wednesday. He will revert to season-ending PUP, making him ineligible to play or practice until 2022.
Cowart had returned to practice three weeks ago after missing all of training camp and the first six weeks of the regular season with an undisclosed injury. The 2019 fifth-round draft pick started 14 games last season but struggled in a Patriots defense that was one of the NFL’s worst against the run.