Colts legend Reggie Wayne is looking to some of his former teammates to help his high school son improve his game
Reggie Wayne’s son is choosing a different path to the NFL than his old man did, but his dad knows just who to ask to help him get there.
If you ask long-time fans of the Indianapolis Colts to name their favorite players to ever represent the horseshoe, one of the most common names you will hear is Reggie Wayne.
Wayne spent his entire 14 years in the NFL with the Colts, where he appeared in 211 games and recorded 1,070 receptions, 14,345 yards, and 82 touchdowns. He is second in the franchise’s record books in all three categories, coming in behind only his partner in crime for most of his career, Marvin Harrison. He is, without a doubt, a legendary NFL wide receiver who eventually should end up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
His knowledge and experience in the game led him to get into coaching at the NFL level, taking on the Colts’ wide receivers coach role in 2022, and he still holds the job today. If any of Wayne’s kids choose to follow in their father’s footsteps to be a wide receiver, they will have a fantastic mentor in their back pocket. But one of his kids is choosing to take a different path in his football career, prompting Wayne to call on some of the best teammates he ever had, who know a thing or two about his son’s position.
Reggie Wayne is hoping his former Colts teammates, Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis, will help his son become a dominant defensive lineman
Wayne has recently been sharing posts from his son, RJ Wayne, showing that he, instead of being a wide receiver like his dad, is a defensive end. So who better for Wayne to reach out to for assistance than the legendary duo of Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis? Mathis is the team’s all-time sack leader with 123, and Freeney comes in right behind him in second with 107.5. From 2003 to 2012, the duo wreaked havoc on offensive linemen on their way to the quarterback together and will forever be viewed as Colts legends.
Mathis has specifically taken on coaching in his own way in the past, working with young pass rushers from the high school level and up, helping them to polish their game. So it makes sense why Wayne would give him an additional shout, sharing that RJ was coming to see him this summer ahead of his Junior season. I think I speak for all of Colts nation when I say seeing Mathis and/or Freeney coaching up Wayne’s son would be a pretty cool sight; it also may make some of us feel extremely old.
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