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Aaron Donald continues holdout in Pittsburgh

Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle and former Pitt star Aaron Donald is currently in the midst of a holdout, and Tuesday represented a crossroads on that front, as his failure to report to camp would result in his designation as a restricted free agent rather than an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2018 season. Tuesday came and went, and Donald never showed.

However, Donald did make an appearance at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex for the fifth practice of Pitt’s preseason training camp and even got a workout in during his visit.

The reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year’s absence from the Rams’ preseason camp was expected, as Adam Schefter of ESPN noted on Monday morning, “He’s determined not to play until he has a new deal.