Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Cole Holcomb is the team’s 2025 recipient of the Ed Block Courage Award, annually handed out to the player who showed the most courage overcoming an injury or personal situation. The award is voted on by his teammates. Holcomb earns the award for his long recovery back from a devastating 2023 knee injury, causing him to miss the rest of that season and all of 2024.
Holcomb returned to action in 2025. Not only did he make the roster but has become a regular defensive contributor.
“Stuff is going to happen to you,” Holcomb said via Steelers.