KT Leveston’s rookie season is ending without him playing a single snap.
The seventh-round rookie out of Kansas State has been on injured reserve all year with an ankle injury and though he was designated to return three weeks ago, he won’t be activated off IR. Sean McVay told reporters that the Rams will keep him on the injured list for the remainder of the season, choosing not to add him to the 53-man roster.
The reason is that they have just one activation spot left this season, and with both John Johnson III and Troy Reeder also on IR, they plan to use that final designation on one of those two players.
“He’s done a good job,” McVay said, via TheRams.com. “We would have had to create a roster spot, and because of some of the situations that we have at the offensive line, didn’t think that was the direction that we needed to go. But he is a guy that we’re excited about his future. I thought he did a good job with the couple weeks of practice that he did have, and looking forward to working with him for years to come.”
Leveston was the Rams’ final draft pick this year, going 254th overall in the seventh round. He’s the team’s only rookie who hasn’t been active for at least four games this season, but that’s primarily because of his ankle injury.
Seventh-round rookies are rarely expected to contribute so that was more of a selection for the future rather than filling an immediate need.