Center J.C. Hassenauer has been placed on injured reserve, the New York Giants announced on Tuesday.

By going on injured reserve in training camp, Hassenauer’s 2023 season is over, at least with the Giants. The only way the former Alabama offensive lineman could play in the NFL this season is if New York released him with an injury settlement, and he signed with another team after recovering from his injury.

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But Hassenauer’s recovery seems a long way off, based on the comments of Giants coach Brian Daboll.

“He’s going to be out long-term,” Daboll said on Monday. “He got a tricep, so he’s going to end up having surgery, which is too bad.”

Hassenauer signed as a free agent with New York on April 6.

In 2022, Hassenauer played in every game for the Pittsburgh Steelers but was on the field for only 46 offensive snaps, along with 71 special-teams plays, in 17 contests. Hassenauer played 41 of those snaps at center in Pittsburgh’s 37-30 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Nov. 20 after starter Mason Cole got hurt.

In four seasons at Alabama, Hassenauer started three games – all in his senior season, when Daboll was the Crimson Tide’s offensive coordinator. Hassenauer’s third start came in his final college game – a 26-23 overtime victory against Georgia in the CFP national championship contest for the 2017 season.

Hassenauer joined the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted rookie in 2018, and he spent the first seven weeks of the season on their practice squad.

In 2019, Hassenauer served as the starting center for the Birmingham Iron until the Alliance of American Football folded after eight weeks of spring play.

Hassenauer joined Pittsburgh after the AAF’s abrupt end. He didn’t survive the roster cut to the regular-season limit at the end of the preseason, but he returned to the Steelers in November as a practice-squad member. Hassenauer dressed for a game for the first time in Pittsburgh’s 2019 regular-season finale, but he didn’t play.

In 2020, Hassenauer survived the Steelers’ preseason-to-regular-season roster cut, played in 15 games and made four starts – filling in for Maurkice Pouncey for three games and getting the call at left guard once.

In 2021, Hassenauer again held a backup role. But he played every snap at center for Pittsburgh in the final two regular-season games and a 42-21 playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.