Colts sign veteran RB

With Zack Moss breaking his arm and Jonathan Taylor being on the PUP and requesting a trade, the Colts decided to add a veteran to their RB room. Ian Rapoport of NFL Network shared that the Colts had signed veteran Kenyan Drake Friday evening.  Drake was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2016 NFL […]

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With Zack Moss breaking his arm and Jonathan Taylor being on the PUP and requesting a trade, the Colts decided to add a veteran to their RB room. Ian Rapoport of NFL Network shared that the Colts had signed veteran Kenyan Drake Friday evening. 

Drake was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. He is entering his eighth season in the NFL and is 29 years old. During his eight-year career, he has rushed for 3,866 yards and scored 33 touchdowns for four different teams. 

  • 2016 – Miami Dolphins
    179 yards, 2 touchdowns
  • 2017 – Miami Dolphins
    644 yards, 3 touchdowns
  • 2018 – Miami Dolphins
    535 yards, 4 touchdowns
  • 2019 – Miami Dolphins & Arizona Cardinals 
    Dolphins: 174 yards, 0 touchdowns
    Cardinals: 643 yards, 8 touchdowns
  • 2020 – Arizona Cardinals 
    955 yards, 10 touchdowns 
  • 2021 – Las Vegas Raiders
    254 yards, 2 touchdowns
  • 2022 – Baltimore Ravens
    482 yards, 4 touchdowns

Drake joins a Colts running back room whose healthy members are Deon Jackson (24 years old), Evan Hull (22 years old), Jake Funk (25 years old), and Zavier Scott (24 years old). A young room whose average age is 23.75. Drake now has the most NFL carries of any player healthy on the Colts roster with 867. 

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