Colts activate veteran DE | Yardbarker

The Colts will quickly get some reinforcement on the line of defense. The crew introduced Saturday that they’ve activated defensive finish Tyquan Lewis off the injured reserve. Lewis remains to be questionable for Sunday’s recreation towards the Lions.

Lewis handled an extended checklist of accidents to start the season, with the defensive finish struggling wrist, calf, and elbow points. He landed on injured reserve in early October and has been on the shelf for the previous month-plus. He returned to observe earlier this week, and the Colts didn’t take lengthy so as to add him to the energetic roster.

The 2018 second-round decide has spent his total profession in Indy. He hasn’t essentially lived as much as his draft billing, as Lewis has solely began 20 of his 69 appearances. He’s additionally spent a lot of his Colts tenure coping with accidents, because the Ohio State product has missed 41 video games in six-plus seasons with the crew.

Nonetheless, he’s confirmed to be a helpful rotational cross rusher. The defensive finish has collected 15 profession sacks, together with a career-high 4 sacks (together with a career-high 13 QB hits) in 2023. That efficiency earned him a two-year extension from the Colts, and Lewis proceeded to begin every of the crew’s first 4 video games of the 2024 marketing campaign. 2021 second-rounder Dayo Odeyingbo and 2024 first-rounder Laiatu Latu have each garnered extra alternatives with Lewis out of the lineup. With 2021 first-round decide Kwity Paye additionally sticking round, it’s unsure if Lewis will proceed to begin as soon as he’s able to take the sphere.

The Colts made a handful of extra strikes in anticipation of Week 12. The crew introduced that they’ve waived defensive finish Genard Avery and elevated guard Atonio Mafi from the observe squad.