Trotter recorded 25 tackles (nine solo), including 0.5 sacks, and one pass defense while appearing in all 17 regular-season games in 2024. He added five stops (four solo) across four postseason games. Trotter played almost exclusively on special teams as a rookie. His only significant playing time on defense came in the 41-7 win against Dallas in Week 17 and the regular-season finale when the Eagles rested the majority of their starters. Meanwhile, veteran linebacker Oren Burks stepped into a starting role after Nakobe Dean suffered a season-ending torn patellar tendon in the wild-card win versus the Packers. With Burks and breakout All-Pro inside linebacker Zack Baun both slated to become unrestricted free agents this offseason, Trotter could be in line for more playing time as a sophomore in 2025.
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Trotter recorded 25 tackles (nine solo), including 0.5 sacks, and one pass defense while appearing in all 17 regular-season games in 2024. He added five stops (four solo) across four postseason games. Trotter played almost exclusively on special teams as a rookie. His only significant playing time on defense came in the 41-7 win against Dallas in Week 17 and the regular-season finale when the Eagles rested the majority of their starters. Meanwhile, veteran linebacker Oren Burks stepped into a starting role after Nakobe Dean suffered a season-ending torn patellar tendon in the wild-card win versus the Packers. With Burks and breakout All-Pro inside linebacker Zack Baun both slated to become unrestricted free agents this offseason, Trotter could be in line for more playing time as a sophomore in 2025.
Trotter (lower leg) has been sprinkled in with the first team at times this week at the Eagles' training camp, Tim McManus of ESPN.com reports. Trotter appears to have left his lower leg injury behind as he's ramped up activity at training camp. The interior linebacker is likely slotted in as the team's fourth option at his position behind Devin White, Nakobe Dean and Zack Baun, but his first team reps are notable nonetheless.
Trotter was carted off during Thursday's practice with a lower leg injury, Martin Frank of The Delaware News Journal reports. The rookie linebacker out of Clemson is thought to have dodged a serious injury despite being carted off the field, as Jeff McLane of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Trotter was just dealing with leg cramps. Trotter, a 2024 fifth-round pick, is expected to compete with Devin White and Oren Burks for the Eagles' second inside-linebacker spot alongside Nakobe Dean.