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INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE

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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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