Colts convert Ronnie Harrison Jr. to LB
The Indianapolis Colts shocked the world on Tuesday with the release of Shaquille Leonard and found a way to do it again with their next move. They signed veteran Ronnie Harrison Jr. as his replacement on their 53-man roster, with an interesting tidbit on his listed position. Harrison Jr. has been in the NFL since […]
The Indianapolis Colts shocked the world on Tuesday with the release of Shaquille Leonard and found a way to do it again with their next move.
They signed veteran Ronnie Harrison Jr. as his replacement on their 53-man roster, with an interesting tidbit on his listed position.
Harrison Jr. has been in the NFL since 2018 when the Jacksonville Jaguars drafted him with the 93rd pick in the 3rd round of the 2018 NFL Draft. He was drafted as a safety and has played as a safety for the entirety of his NFL career. That makes the Colts electing to move him to LB an intriguing move. His ability to add a unique coverage ability for a LB will be interesting to see utilized.
To get more background on Harrison Jr. and the player the Colts are getting, I reached out to someone covering his most recent stop in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns, my colleague at A to Z Sports, Brandon Little, to get his thoughts.
"Ronnie Harrison Jr. had his best season with the Browns in 2021 when he played in 12 games. That season, Harrison found a role as a box safety for a lot of the time. He still saw time aligned as a free safety, but his play style was best fit to be in the box and up near the line of scrimmage. To see that he is now moving to linebacker, it could be a chance for him to get his career back on track. Harrison has always been a pretty good tackler and he stood out in coverage early in his career. He hasn’t been all that good in coverage since at least the COVID year and has been a linebacker at times for the Browns without the title. As a physical player, Harrison will fit in fine at linebacker and I could see him trying to add 15 pounds in the offseason if linebacker works out."
– Brandon Little A to Z Sports Cleveland Browns Beat Writer
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