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The Pittsburgh Steelers have ruled cornerback Cory Trice out for Sunday’s Week 11 game against the Cincinnati Bengals, the team announced on Saturday. He remains on the injured reserve list in his 21-day practice window.
Trice had initially been listed as questionable. He did not practice at all this week. The third-year cornerback was originally placed on the injured reserve list in the preseason, when he suffered a hamstring injury.
Trice began to return from that ailment, opening his 21-day practice window in late October while remaining on the injured reserve. Just one day later, he was again listed on the injury report with a knee injury.
Because the Steelers opened his 21-day practice window in returning from the hamstring injury, the team now must make a decision on Trice’s fate for the entire season by Nov. 18. If he cannot return to action by the end of the practice window, he will be forced to miss the entire 2025 season, by rule.
The team’s seventh-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, Trice has dealt with repeated injury problems over his NFL career. He missed his entire rookie season with an ACL injury. Last year, he played in three games before a hamstring injury caused him to miss 11 contests. He finished the season by playing in three more games and made his first career start in Week 18 against the Cincinnati Bengals.
“It’s definitely frustrating man, because I definitely felt like I put in all the work,” Trice said on Wednesday. “I feel like I give the game everything I’ve got. I feel like I do right by the game, even when nobody’s watching, so when stuff like that happens, I just know I put my best foot forward, so I can even really be too mad. I know I did everything I could, it’s just one of those things, like, damn, they got you. I make sure I come out on top, though, every time.”
This year, he was placed into a competition with Beanie Bishop, Brandin Echols, Donte Kent and James Pierre for two roster spots at cornerback. After Trice was injured, Echols and Pierre filled those roles, with Kent also on the IR and Bishop being waived.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Steelers Update Status of Cornerback Cory Trice
