INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE

LARRY ASANTE
Safety 6-0 210 Nebraska
25
NFL Exp: 2 (1st Year with Colts)
How Acquired: FA – 2013
Born: 3/7/88
GP/GS (Postseason): 13/0 (0/0)
CAREER TRANSACTIONS:
• Signed by the Colts as a free agent on October 4, 2013.
• Waived by the Colts on August 31, 2013.
• Signed by the Colts to a reserve/future contract on December 31, 2012.
• Waived by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on August 31, 2012.
• Signed by the Buccaneers on November 30, 2010.
• Signed to the Cleveland Browns practice squad on September 5, 2010.
• Waived by the Browns on September 4, 2010.
• Selected by the Browns in the fifth-round (160th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft.
2013 (COLTS):
• Was signed by the Colts as a free agent on October 4, 2013.
• Competed in his first game of the season on special teams during a 34-28 victory against Seattle (10/6).
2012:
• Played in all four preseason games with the Buccaneers before being waived on August 31, 2012.
• Signed by the Colts to a reserve/future contract on December 31, 2012.
2011 (BUCCANEERS):
• Played in 10 games and recorded 11 tackles and one forced fumble on defense and two tackles on special teams.
• Made season debut against Indianapolis (10/3).
• Notched three tackles against Houston (11/13).
• Led team with a career-high seven tackles and recorded his first career forced fumble at Atlanta (1/1/12).
2010 (BROWNS/BUCCANEERS):
• Spent most of the year on the Browns practice squad.
• Was signed to the Buccaneers active roster on November 30, 2010.
• Played in two games, registering one solo tackle, one special teams tackle and an interception.
• Recorded his first career interception at New Orleans (1/2/11).
COLLEGE:
• Started 36-of-39 games at Nebraska (2007-09), registering 224 tackles, 1.0 sack, three forced fumbles and three interceptions.
• Earned first team All-Big 12 honors as a senior after recording 79 tackles, two forced fumbles and two interceptions.
• Returned an interception 74 yards for a touchdown against Louisiana-Lafayette in 2009.
• Earned All-Big 12 honorable mention accolades in 2007 and 2008.
• Converted from linebacker to defensive back after enrolling at Nebraska.
• Recorded 76 tackles, one interception and three blocked kicks as a redshirt freshman at Coffeyville Community College (2006), where
he earned All-Jayhawk League honors and honorable mention All-America honors from the National Junior College Athletic
Association.
PERSONAL:
• Majored in economics at Nebraska and earned secondary degrees in sociology and ethnic studies.
• Attended Hayfield High School in Alexandria, Va.
• Earned all-league honors as a running back in the AAA Patriot Division as voted by the Washington Post.
• Celebrated the holidays with over 200 children and their families from the Children’s Cancer Center, participating in arts and crafts,
games and gingerbread house making in December of 2011.
• Helped surprise 30 families with tickets, gift cards, a shopping spree and more for the fifth annual Day of Giving in December of 2011.
• Born Larry Gibbs Asante on March 7, 1988 in Alexandria, Va.
ASANTE SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Tackles: 7 @ ATL (1/1/12)
Int: 1 @ NO (1/2/11)
PD: 1 @ NO (1/2/11)