Colts’ Rookie Tight End Leaves Practice with Non-Contact Knee Injury

The Indianapolis Colts might have misplaced a promising younger tight finish for the 12 months in immediately’s joint observe with the Detroit Lions.

Rookie sixth-round choose Drew Ogletree suffered a non-contact knee damage throughout 7-on-7 work on Wednesday. Whereas the workforce remains to be awaiting the outcomes of an MRI, head coach Frank Reich mentioned that the damage “seems to be important.”

Ogletree had been a star in coaching camp up till this level, as he seems to have risen from the fourth-string tight finish in OTAs to operating with the first-team the previous week or so.

The younger tight finish has earned not solely a spot on the roster however doubtless a spot within the workforce’s rotation behind starter Mo Alie-Cox previous to this damage.

Whereas the Colts have loads of depth on the place, that is an damage that actually stings. It hurts to lose promising younger gamers, particularly ones which can be of their rookie season. Second-year tight finish Kylen Granson and fellow rookie tight finish Jelani Woods must choose up the slack in Ogletree’s absence this season.

We’ll make sure you replace you all as soon as the official phrase comes out on this damage tomorrow, however as of proper now, the Colts might have misplaced one among their promising rookies for the season. Hopefully, Ogletree can bounce again from this probably critical damage and make an affect for the workforce subsequent 12 months.

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