Just over a year after tearing his ACL on the first day of padded practices at Saint Vincent College last summer in training camp, second-year Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Cory Trice Jr. was finally able to take the field for an NFL football game, appearing in the team’s 20-12 preseason-opening loss to the Houston Texans on Friday night at Acrisure Stadium.
That moment, that first walk onto an NFL field knowing he was going to see playing time, was a dream come true for the former seventh-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft out of Purdue.
Speaking to the Steelers’ radio play-by-play voice Rob King after practice Monday in Latrobe, Trice described the moment.