Indianapolis Colts Draft Cincinnati WR Alec Pierce Ntawm No. 53 Zuag qhia tag nrho

Nkag mus rau hauv 2022 NFL Draft, Indianapolis Colts qhov kev xav tau loj tshaj plaws nyob rau tam sim no tau ntxiv kev pab tam sim rau sab nraud. Nrog kev pib tshiab quarterback Matt Ryan hauv lub quav, ntxiv riam phom ntxiv yog qhov tsim nyog rau Indianapolis.

Cov Colts pauv rov qab nrog Minnesota Vikings los ntawm No. 42 mus rau No. 53 tag nrho ua ntej xaiv Cincinnati Bearcats wide receiver Alec Pierce. Los ntawm kev tsim khoom ntshiab thiab qhov zoo, uas muaj txiaj ntsig zoo hauv Colts lub chaw ua haujlwm pem hauv ntej, Pierce kos txhua lub thawv nrog qhov tseem ceeb.

Thaum lub sijhawm nws lub caij kawm tiav zaum kawg, Pierce muab cov lej zoo rau Bearcats nrog 52 txais tos rau 884 yards thiab yim touchdowns. Thiab los ntawm qhov kev xav zoo, Pierce tau ua ntau yam kev ntsuas tawm hauv dej. Ntawm 2022 NFL Scouting Combine, Pierce yog ib tus yeej loj tshaj plaws ua tsaug rau nws qhov kev ntsuam xyuas cov neeg tseem ceeb, uas suav nrog 4.41 40-yard dash thiab 40-nti ntsug dhia. Nyob rau hauv tag nrho, nws tau cim lub Bearcats wideout nrog ib tug zoo kawg li kwv tij kis las kis las (RAS) ntawm 9.82.

Tag nrho nrog, Indianapolis honed nyob rau hauv Pierce vim hais tias ntawm yuav ua li cas smooth nws haum nyob rau hauv Indianapolis yuav sai sai no. Slotting nyob rau sab nraud ntawm Michael Pittman Jr., Pierce tej yaam num raws li hnub 1 pib rau Colts li lawv tus Z receiver. Ua tsaug rau nws qhov sib xyaw tshwj xeeb ntawm qhov loj dua thiab kev ua si nrawm nrawm, Pierce yuav yog ib qho cuab tam tam sim ntawd rau lawv cov riam phom perimeter rau Ryan ua si nrog.

Tawm hauv cov qauv, Indianapolis tau daws nws qhov kev xav tau loj tshaj plaws nrog rau ib qho kev cia siab zoo dua ntawm txoj haujlwm. Pierce's profile ua haujlwm me ntsis ntawm qhov projection, tab sis nws yog qhov ncaj ncees pom hauv pem teb tseem tsis tshua muaj siab rau qhov kev cia siab no.

Colts GM Chris Ballard tau hais hauv nws lub rooj sib tham tom qab lub rooj sib tham rau hnub Friday yav tsaus ntuj tias Pierce yuav tawm mus rau hauv lub luag haujlwm tawm los ntawm Zach Pascal, uas tau kos npe rau 1-xyoo kev pom zoo hauv lub koom haum dawb nrog Philadelphia Eagles. Pascal yog ib qho zoo tshaj plaws khiav blocker uas pom ntau snaps, thiab Pierce yog ib qho kev hloov kho loj heev nyob rau hauv cheeb tsam ntawd raws li ib tug thoob plaws receiver.

Kev npaj mus tom ntej, ntawm no yog qhov Colts's qhov tob daim duab zoo li ntawm qhov dav dav nkag mus rau lwm lub caij tseem ceeb uas yuav tsum tau dhia mus rau qhov kev sib tw tiag tiag: Pittman Jr., Pierce, Parris Campbell, Ashton Dulin, Dezmon Patmon, Michael Strachan. Thiab tsis txhob txiav txim rau Colts rov kos npe rau qub tub rog TY Hilton, uas Indianapolis tseem nyob nrog txhua lub caij so. Yog tias qhov ntawd tshwm sim, Indianapolis qhov tsis muaj zog tshaj plaws tam sim no sib cav zoo li qhov chaw nyab xeeb.

Cov Colts poob rau hauv kev hlub nrog Pierce thaum lub sij hawm ua ntej-draft txheej txheem, thiab Ballard tau hais li cas ib qho kev ua si yeej coj nws mus rau lawv radar. Thaum Pierce torched Notre Dame Sib ntaus sib tua Irish rau 144 tau txais yards, Ballard hais tias nws ua rau nws tawg yooj yim npaum li cas nws yuav cais tawm hauv lub tshav pob.

Lwm qhov kev xav tsis thoob los ntawm Ballard rau hnub Friday muaj Pierce lub luag haujlwm tam sim ntawd thaum nws tuaj txog. Cov Colts ntseeg hais tias Pierce muaj ntau yam ua si sab hauv thiab tawm, uas coj cov snaps tam sim ntawd rau lub rooj. Raws li qhov zoo tshaj plaws qhov chaw tsaws rau Pierce kom ua kom nws cov txuj ci txawj ntse, Indianapolis yeej yog nws. Nrog lub yeej-tam sim no quarterback uas pab txhawb nqa riam phom zoo li Ryan, ntxiv rau kev kawm los ntawm yav dhau los Colts cov lus dab neeg hauv txoj haujlwm tshiab Reggie Wayne, Pierce tau teeb tsa kom muaj kev vam meej thiab muaj kev kawm nrawm.

Nkag mus rau hauv nws lub caij rookie hauv Indianapolis, Pierce lub zog haum zoo kawg nkaus rau qhov Colts ploj lawm. Yog tias Pierce tsoo nws lub qab nthab nrog rau Pittman Jr., Colts yuav muaj kev sib koom ua ke ntawm cov neeg txais tos sab nraud rau xyoo tom ntej.