While Pittsburgh Steelers’ rookie CB Cory Trice Jr.’s fate for 2023 is known, out for the season on injured reserve, the specifics of his injury was never actually reported. It’s clear he suffered a serious knee injury, one Mike Tomlin called “significant,” but there was never a follow-up or report on the specifics of what ended Trice’s year before it began.
We may finally have some clarity. Tucked away in Pro Football Network Adam Caplan’s notes in a Tuesday article is this line about Trice.
“A source with knowledge of the situation said that seventh-round rookie CB Cory Trice, who wound up suffering a torn ACL during a training camp practice in early August, was doing exceptionally well and was a leading candidate to be one of the team’s top backup outside players at the position.