It has been a long road back from injury for Cory Trice Jr. After suffering a season-ending knee injury on the first day of padded practice in last year’s training camp, the former seventh-round pick’s future was up in the air. He slid to the late rounds of the 2023 draft because of his injury history. To his credit, he rehabbed and got himself ready for the start of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ training camp. Now he has himself in position to earn the top backup job at outside corner.
This week in particular is important for Trice as Donte Jackson has sat out the last two practices with what Mike Tomlin described as training camp-like bumps and bruises.