Player: ILB Cole Holcomb
Stock Value: Up
Reasoning: For the first time since his devastating knee injury in 2023, Cole Holcomb practiced with public eyes on him yesterday. That’s an important semantic difference, since he did practice late last season, but every step of progress is meaningful. Now well over a year removed from his injury, he is finally ready to resume his NFL career.
Near the middle of the Steelers’ 2023 season, ILB Cole Holcomb suffered a friendly-fire knee injury that left him sidelined. I don’t know that we ever even heard all the details or scope of his knee injury, but it was severe enough that he sincerely questioned ever being able to return to football.