A devasting injury has stolen the sophomore season from a young Colts defensive back
The Indianapolis Colts kicked off their mandatory minicamp on Tuesday, June 4th. But unfortunately they will be without a young member of their secondary after head coach Shane Steichen announced that safety Daniel Scott tore his Achilles last week. The Colts drafted Scott with the 158th pick in the 5th round of the 2023 NFL Draft. […]
The Indianapolis Colts kicked off their mandatory minicamp on Tuesday, June 4th.
But unfortunately they will be without a young member of their secondary after head coach Shane Steichen announced that safety Daniel Scott tore his Achilles last week.
The Colts drafted Scott with the 158th pick in the 5th round of the 2023 NFL Draft. After tearing his ACL in June, the safety spent his entire rookie season on the IR. And now, this year, he will miss his second season due to a torn Achilles.
Scott will turn 26 years old this October, and he will enter his third NFL season without ever appearing in an NFL game or logging a single Training Camp practice.
The defensive back spent five years at the University of California. He appeared in 42 games and recorded 207 total tackles, 137 solo tackles, seven tackles for loss, one sack and seven interceptions.
The Colts coaching staff had shared how excited they were to see Scott compete this offseason. Some around the team even believed that Scott was going to be given the chance to compete for the Colts starting FS job in Training Camp. Sadly, that will no longer be possible, making that position even more of a question mark for the team.
With this injury to Scott, the Colts' need for safety got even larger. I shared some solid free-agent safeties that the team should consider signing in an article earlier this week that you can click below.