Cornerback L’Jarius Sneed, one of the highest-paid players on the Tennessee Titans’ roster and a theoretical centerpiece of the team’s rebuild, will be expected to practice a little more this year, Titans coach Brian Callahan said.

Sneed barely practiced last offseason, managing a pre-existing knee injury ahead of his first season with the Titans after former GM Ran Carthon acquired him via a trade with the Kansas City Chiefs and signed him to a contract worth up to $76 million. The payoff of Sneed’s load management was minimal in Year 1, as he appeared in only five games before being sidelined with a season-ending quad injury.

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Now the Titans have Sneed back on the practice field. He’s been present for the team’s voluntary offseason workouts, and Callahan said the expectation is he’ll be more of a presence on the practice fields during OTAs (beginning May 27) and into training camp.

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“He’s coming back, injury-wise,” Callahan told reporters on May 20. “The rehab process is ongoing. He’s in a good spot. Excited about where he’s at. But there’s definitely a part where (we’d) like (him) to practice more. I think he’s on the same page too. You’ve got to balance those things. There’s a management part for a lot of players. But there’s also you’ve got to practice and get better at your craft. You need to improve. We’ll balance that.”

Callahan said Sneed is still rehabbing for both the knee injury and the quad injury. Sneed told reporters back in January that he had a bone marrow injection procedure done midseason to address the quad injury.

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The Titans’ cornerback room includes Sneed, returning starters Roger McCreary and Jarvis Brownlee Jr., returning reserves Darrell Baker Jr. and Gabe Jeudy-Lally, waiver claim Amani Oruwariye and five rookies including sixth-round draft pick Marcus Harris.

If healthy, Sneed figures to be the most prominent contributor in that room, even as Callahan says the expectation is for the cornerback to continue dealing with the effects of his past injuries.

“The knee is something that you manage all that time,” Callahan said. “And from the quad injury, it’s taken some time to rehab from. Those things are kind of ongoing simultaneously. It’s a process for him. But he’s in a great place. I’m excited about where he’s at. He’s progressing as expected.”

Nick Suss is the Titans beat writer for The Tennessean. Contact Nick at  nsuss@gannett.com. Follow Nick on X, the platform formerly called Twitter, @nicksuss.

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