Falcons 2024 third-round pick Bralen Trice cut without ever playing in a game

When the Falcons drafted defensive end Bralen Trice in the third round in 2024, they thought he had a bright future. Instead, he never played in a regular-season game for them.

Trice was among the Falcons’ roster cuts on Sunday, the end of a highly disappointing two years in Atlanta.

The 25-year-old Trice tore his ACL in his first preseason game, missed his entire rookie year, and then aggravated the same knee in 2025 and never played that year either.

Trice was a two-time first-team All-Pac-12 selection at Washington, and a two-time bowl game MVP. He wasn’t necessarily a bad pick at the time the Falcons chose him, but he turned into a rare third-round pick who never got on the field for the team that drafted him.