Steelers rookie to start with Nate Herbig's season officially over
The presumed starting center of the Pittsburgh Steelers 2024 offensive line is done for the season. Nate Herbig, who repped with the first team all of training camp, has landed on injured reserve with a torn rotator cuff.
Multiple reports earlier this week speculated that Herbig would be out for an extended time, though Mike Tomlin awaited a second opinion.
With Herbig sidelined comes an opportunity for Zach Frazier. The rookie center out of West Virginia has played solid in Herbig's absence and has been the star of an offensive line that's started poorly this preseason.
Until a suffering broken leg in the Mountaineer's final game of the 2023 college football season last November, Frazier was initially projected as a first-round selection.
Frazier will now have the opportunity to show 31 other teams that they were wrong.
#Steelers have placed G Nate Herbig on the Reserve/Injured List, signed LB Kyahva Tezino and DL Marcus Haynes, and released DB Anthony Averett.
— Dale Lolley (@dlolley_pgh) August 20, 2024
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