The Pittsburgh Steelers have placed rookie OT Troy Fautanu on injured reserve, the team announced Saturday afternoon. He will miss at least the next four games due to a knee injury suffered in Friday’s practice.
The nature of Fautanu’s injury isn’t known but it’s obviously a poor sign. His prognosis was bleaker throughout Saturday when ESPN’s Adam Schefter noted he would be “out indefinitely” while the PPG’s Gerry Dulac indicated Fautanu was receiving several independent medical evaluations of his knee.
It’s the second knee injury Fautanu’s suffered over the last six weeks. He sprained the MCL in his left knee in the team’s preseason opener against the Houston Texans, sitting out the next two games.