Indianapolis Colts Draft Maryland Safety Nick Hla Ntawm No. 96 Zuag qhia tag nrho

Indianapolis Colts tau ua tiav Hnub 2 ntawm 2022 NFL Draft nrog cov txaws loj heev los txhawm rau txhawm rau tshem tawm qhov muaj zog heev. Tom qab xaiv dav txais Alec Pierce, nruj kawg nkaus Jelani Woods thiab kev tawm tsam tawm tsam Bernhard Raimann, Indianapolis pauv txhua txoj hauv kev nce los ntawm No. 179 tag nrho mus rau No. 96 los tsim kev nyab xeeb Maryland Nick Cross.

Qhov kev hloov pauv tsis tau dhau los rau Indianapolis, tso tseg 2023 qhov kev xaiv thib peb mus rau Denver Broncos kom txav mus txog 83 qhov chaw kom tau txais kev pabcuam ntawm Hla.

Tam sim ntawd, Hla cov kauj ruam mus rau hauv Colts 'lub koom haum ua lawv cov kis las tshaj plaws tiv thaiv rov qab. Nrog rau cov neeg tseem ceeb txheeb ze Athletic Score (RAS) ntawm 9.87, Hla 'qab nthab muaj mais ntawm qhov tsis muaj peev xwm tos kom tsim tau. Thiab rau Hla, nws pom qhov zoo tshaj plaws los nthuav nws tis nrog Colts tus kws tiv thaiv tshiab Gus Bradley.

Indianapolis ntseeg tias Hla yog ib qho ntawm qhov kev cia siab zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov qauv, thiab lawv ntseeg tias nws yuav txhim kho nws cov khoom lag luam ntxiv yog tias nws nyob ib xyoos ntxiv ntawm Maryland. Tias yog vim li cas qhov kev txiav txim siab tau yooj yim heev rau Colts' tooj dag kom txav tau lub cuab tam yav tom ntej kom tau Cross.

Hla yuav pom lub sijhawm ua si tam sim ntawd rau Colts thaum lawv xa peb qhov kev nyab xeeb, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nrog Julian Blackmon rov qab los ntawm ib qho torn Achilles leeg raug kev txom nyem thaum Lub Kaum Hli. Tom qab khiav lub blazing 4.34 40-yard khiav ceev, Hla 'kev ncaws pob profile dhia tawm ntawm nplooj ntawv mus rau Indianapolis. Nws txawm ua rau Colts tus tswv Jim Irsay pov tawm Bob Sanders siv rau Hla, qhuas heev rau yav dhau los Maryland Terrapin.

Zoo kawg nkaus, Hla tseem tsuas yog 20-xyoo-laus thiab yuav mus txog rau lub Cuaj Hli. Nws yuav tsis yog qhov xav tsis thoob uas pom Indianapolis siv lawv lub sijhawm tsim Cross, tab sis nws yuav nyuaj rau khaws cov txuj ci no tawm ntawm qhov chaw mus ntev.

Qhov no yog lwm qhov kev xav mus tom ntej los ntawm Colts ib yam, vim Khari Willis thiab Rodney McLeod yuav yog tus neeg sawv cev dawb tom qab lub caij no. Piv rau Willis, uas yog lub hlwb ntau dua thiab tsis tshua muaj kis las, Hla tuaj yeem suav tias yog qhov sib tw sib tw. Ua tsaug rau nws kev ua kis las, Hla 'qab nthab yooj yim trumps dab tsi Willis tuaj yeem tso ua ke ntawm thaj chaw mus ntev rau Colts. Xyoo 2023, peb tuaj yeem tham txog Blackmon thiab Hla raws li Colts 'kev nyab xeeb duo rau tsib xyoos ntxiv.

Thaum tig daim kab xev rau Hla, thawj yam uas tam sim ntawd sawv tawm yog nws qhov kev ua si nrawm. Muaj peev xwm taug kev nyob ib sab-rau-sab nrog nws qhov nrawm thiab lub zog, Hla yog riam phom uas tuaj yeem siv los ntawm ib tus kws saib xyuas kev tiv thaiv NFL. Bradley yuav tsum tau salivating xav txog Cross yog siv los ua ib tug deterrent nyob rau hauv nickel thiab dime pob.

Hla kuj kos lub thawv Indianapolis ib txwm saib nrog kev tiv thaiv kev cia siab, ib qho uas muaj qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws: kev muaj peev xwm tig tau. 20-xyoo-laus kev nyab xeeb tau yuam ntau qhov kev hloov pauv thiab cuam tshuam rau lub caij dhau los, thiab nws tsuas yog khawb qhov chaw ntawm nws qhov kev ua tau zoo raws li kev tiv thaiv tag nrho.

Cov Colts tau rov ua lawv txoj kev tiv thaiv ntawm ya lub caij ntuj no nrog ntau yam kev lag luam loj. Tom qab Matt Eberflus raug ntiav ua Chicago Bears tus thawj coj tshiab, Bradley tau muaj pob ntseg ntawm GM Chris Ballard los kho nws rau nws cov duab nyiam. Yannick Ngakoue thiab Stephon Gilmore tau hloov pauv kev ua si, thiab tam sim no Hla ntxiv lwm qhov tshwj xeeb los tsim.

Yog tias Hla tuaj yeem dhau los ua qhov kev cia siab rau Colts, nws tuaj yeem dhau los ua tus neeg muaj txiaj ntsig zoo tshaj plaws los ntawm tag nrho cov txheej txheem no nrog cov neeg ncaws pob tseem ceeb.