Logan Bruss came into the NFL with higher expectations than most third-round picks – not because he was a generational player, but because he was the Rams’ highest draft selection in 2022.
He was dealt a tough hand right away, tearing his ACL and MCL in the preseason as a rookie before being one of the team’s final cuts in 2023, only to land back on the practice squad. Despite a difficult first two years with the Rams, he persevered and didn’t give up on his pursuit of becoming a starter in the NFL.
Finally, after failing to play a single snap in 2022 or 2023, he made the 53-man roster this year and has started the last two games at left guard. It hasn’t been perfect but he’s done a nice job filling in for Steve Avila and Jonah Jackson at that spot.
In a recent interview with team writer Stu Jackson, he said he wasn’t sure he would ever get back to this point.
“The last couple of years definitely didn’t go the way I expected,” Bruss told theRams.com. “There was a lot of days during that time where being back in a position like this just felt almost impossible, to be honest with you. This kind of thing, I knew it wasn’t gonna happen overnight, but just chipping away every day, getting a little bit better and better, I just waited until the day where I finally felt like myself again.”
Bruss said he was “still having some problems with (his) knee” last year, which certainly contributed to him spending the year on the practice squad. He benefited from it, though, and became a better player by staying with the Rams and working through the rehab process with the team that drafted him.
For a team that had constant shuffling along the offensive line in the first two weeks of the season, he’s provided some much-needed stability and continuity at left guard.