Falcons Bring Bralen Trice Back to Practice Squad After Waiving Him

Atlanta cut Bralen Trice on Sunday, then turned around and re-signed the linebacker to its practice squad — a quiet transaction that keeps a former third-round pick in the building without a roster spot on the line. Trice, 25, was Atlanta's third-round selection back in 2024 and has yet to log a single NFL snap.

The reason is brutal and repetitive. Trice tore his ACL in his very first preseason game as a rookie, wiping out the entire 2024 season. Then in 2025 he aggravated the same knee and lost that year too. Two seasons in the league, zero games played, one very frustrated knee.

The pedigree is real, which is why the Falcons keep hanging on. At Washington, Trice was a two-time first-team All-Pac-12 pick and earned bowl game MVP honors twice. That's the profile of a legitimate edge prospect — the kind of player teams don't casually let walk out the door, even after a rough medical stretch.

The practice squad move is essentially a low-cost bet. Atlanta gets to stash him, monitor the knee, and see whether a healthy Trice can finally show up in 2026. There's no guarantee he ever cracks the active roster, but the front office clearly isn't ready to write off the draft capital just yet.

For fantasy purposes, there's nothing to do here. IDP leaguers chasing upside on edge rushers have plenty of names ahead of a player with no NFL production and a twice-repaired knee. Trice isn't a waiver add and he isn't a stash worth a bench spot in anything but the deepest dynasty formats.

The play is to file the name away and move on. If Trice practices cleanly, gets elevated, and actually flashes in a game, revisit it then. Until he proves the knee holds up under real snaps, he's a watch-and-wait at best — and even that's generous.