INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE - Nfl
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PROBABLE STARTERS<br />
Pos Player Ht Wt Exp<br />
WR T.Y. Hilton 5-9 178 2<br />
OFFENSIVE STARTERS<br />
2013 Season Highlights<br />
Leads the team with 56 catches for 791<br />
yards and five touchdowns...tied a careerhigh<br />
with seven receptions for 130 yards vs.<br />
St. Louis (11/10)...recorded career highs in<br />
receptions (seven) and receiving touchdowns<br />
(three) at Houston (11/3).<br />
Career Highlights<br />
Selected by the Colts in the third round<br />
(92nd) overall of the 2012 NFL Draft...set a<br />
Colts rookie record with five 100-yard receiving<br />
games in 2012...finished with the<br />
second-most receiving yards (861) by a<br />
rookie in franchise history.<br />
LT Anthony Castonzo 6-7 311 3<br />
Helped pave the way for three rushing<br />
touchdowns at Tennessee (11/14)...helped<br />
block for the Colts to rush for 100 yards in<br />
each of the first five weeks of the season,<br />
which tied for the team’s longest streak to<br />
open a season since 1984.<br />
Has started all 40 games he’s played in<br />
since being selected by the Colts in the first<br />
round (22nd overall) of the 2011 NFL<br />
Draft...part of an offensive line that helped<br />
the Colts average 104.4 rushing yards per<br />
game in 2012, the most for the team in five<br />
seasons.<br />
LG Hugh Thornton 6-3 334 R<br />
C Samson Satele 6-3 300 7<br />
RG Jeff Linkenbach 6-6 325 4<br />
RT Gosder Cherilus 6-7 316 6<br />
TE Coby Fleener 6-6 251 2<br />
WR Darrius Heyward-Bey 6-2 220 5<br />
QB Andrew Luck 6-4 240 2<br />
FB Stanley Havili 6-0 243 2<br />
RB Donald Brown 5-10 210 5<br />
Has appeared in all 12 games (10 starts)<br />
this season...made his first career start in<br />
Week 3 at San Francisco (9/22).<br />
Helped block for QB-Andrew Luck to tie a<br />
career-high with four total touchdowns<br />
against Denver (10/20).<br />
Has played in 11 games, making three starts<br />
at right guard and one at tackle this season.<br />
Blocked for the Colts to rush for 1,313 yards<br />
through 12 games this season, which is the<br />
highest mark through as many games since<br />
2007.<br />
Recorded career highs with eight receptions<br />
for 107 yards at Tennessee (11/14)...posted<br />
three receptions for 64 yards, including a career-long<br />
44 yard catch at Houston<br />
(11/3)...caught five passes for 38 yards and<br />
a touchdown against Denver (10/20).<br />
Caught four passes for 44 yards and his first<br />
touchdown of the season against Denver<br />
(10/20)...posted season highs with five receptions<br />
for 59 yards at San Francisco<br />
(9/22).<br />
Threw for his eighth career 300-yard passing<br />
game vs. St. Louis (11/10)...threw three<br />
TD passes and led his 10th career gamewinning<br />
drive in the fourth quarter/overtime<br />
after overcoming an 18-point second-half<br />
deficit at Houston (11/3)...tied a career-high<br />
with four total touchdowns (three passing,<br />
one rushing) against Denver (10/20)...became<br />
the fastest quarterback drafted No. 1<br />
overall since the 1970 merger to reach 15<br />
wins (21 starts).<br />
Helped block for the Colts to rush for 1,313<br />
yards through the first 12 games of the season,<br />
which is the most for the team through<br />
as many weeks since the 2007 campaign.<br />
Leads the team with 378 rushing yards and<br />
four touchdowns on 71 carries (5.3<br />
avg.)...set a career-high with two rushing<br />
touchdowns at Tennessee (11/14)...against<br />
St. Louis (11/10), tied a career-high with five<br />
receptions, while his 64 receiving yards<br />
were the second-most he’s had in a game.<br />
Selected by the Colts in the third round (86th<br />
overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft...played in 42<br />
career games (35 starts) at Illinois...All-Big<br />
Ten second-team choice in 2012.<br />
Signed by the Colts as a UFA on 3/21/12...in<br />
2012, started all 11 games he appeared in<br />
and helped Andrew Luck throw for the most<br />
passing yards by a rookie in NFL history.<br />
Signed by the Colts as an undrafted free<br />
agent on 4/30/10...has appeared in 59 career<br />
games, maing 32 starts.<br />
Signed by the Colts as a UFA on<br />
3/13/13...was the Lions starting right tackle<br />
for the past five seasons after being selected<br />
by the team in the first round (17th<br />
overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft.<br />
Ranks second on the team with 44 catches<br />
for 544 yards and four touchdowns in<br />
2013...in 2012, ranked second among NFL<br />
rookie tight ends with 26 receptions for 281<br />
yards.<br />
Signed by the Colts as a free agent on<br />
4/1/13...has posted four career 100-yard receiving<br />
games...tallied a career-high five<br />
touchdown receptions in 2012.<br />
Has totaled the fourth-most passing yards<br />
(7,167) in the first two seasons of a career<br />
in NFL history...has posted 10 career gamewinning<br />
drives in the fourth quarter or overtime,<br />
which is the most by a QB through his<br />
first two seasons since 1970...recorded the<br />
most passing yards, attempts and 300-yard<br />
passing games by a rookie in NFL<br />
history...led the Colts to the most wins by a<br />
No. 1 overall draft pick in his rookie season.<br />
Acquired by the Colts in a trade with the Eagles<br />
on 3/28/13...in 2012, played in 15<br />
games (two starts) and helped pave the way<br />
for five 100-yard rushing performances by<br />
running backs LeSean McCoy and Bryce<br />
Brown.<br />
Set career highs with 645 rushing yards and<br />
five touchdowns in 2011...originally selected<br />
by the Colts in the first round (27th overall)<br />
of the 2009 NFL Draft.<br />
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