Indianapolis Colts Draft Virginia TE Jelani Woods Ntawm No. 73 Zuag qhia tag nrho

Indianapolis Colts tau nkag mus rau hauv tsab ntawv nrog lawv lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb yog ntxiv riam phom ntau ntxiv rau lawv qhov kev ua txhaum cai dhau mus. Nrog lawv thawj ob qhov kev xaiv hauv 2022 NFL Draft, Indianapolis yeej ua tiav qhov kev ua tau zoo.

Tom qab xaiv Cincinnati wide receiver Alec Pierce ntawm No. 53 tag nrho, Indianapolis snagged cov kis las nruj tshaj plaws kom nkag mus rau NFL ob xyoo dhau los. Hais nyob zoo rau Virginia nruj kawg Jelani Woods, uas nws qhov profile kis las yuav ua rau lub puab tsaig poob mus ntxiv.

Woods tau raug ntaus nqi raws li tus neeg ncaws pob zoo tshaj plaws hauv chav kawm ntawv cuaj xyoo no nrog tus qhab nia zoo sib xws (RAS) qib ntawm 10.0. Cov khoom plig freakish lub cev Woods tau txais koob hmoov nrog kev pab ua rau muaj kev sib tw loj rau Virginia Cavaliers hauv 2021-22 thaum nws thauj hauv 44 txais tos rau 598 yards thiab yim touchdowns.

Lub qab nthab rau Woods yog qhov tsis muaj kev txwv tiag tiag, thiab Colts yeej pom zoo nrog qhov kev xav ntawd. Indianapolis tau muag ntawm Woods thoob plaws hauv cov txheej txheem ua ntej, ntxiv rau lawv cov neeg ua haujlwm cob qhia tau koom tes nrog nws thoob plaws East-West Shrine Game. Qhov no tau ua rau Colts muaj kev tawm dag zog ntiag tug nrog Woods ua ntej lub hlis no, uas tau kaw qhov kev pom zoo nws yog qhov kawg nruj kawg ntawm lawv lub rooj tsavxwm. Woods yog qhov thib ob nruj kawg nkaus hauv cov qauv tom qab tsuas yog Colorado State's Trey McBride, uas tau mus ntawm No. 55 tag nrho rau Arizona Cardinals.

Indianapolis tam sim no arguably muaj ob freakiest nruj kawg nyob rau hauv tag nrho NFL. Woods nqa cov ntaub ntawv keeb kwm kis las mus rau lub rooj thaum tseem sawv 6-ko taw-7. Lub caij no, Colts twb muaj cov neeg ncaws pob hauv tsev kawm qib siab hauv 6-ko taw-6 Mo Alie-Cox ntawm cov npe. Pairing Woods nrog Alie-Cox coj qhov kawg ntawm qhov tsis sib haum xeeb muaj peev xwm rau Colts, thiab ob qho tib si raug hu ua cov blockers saum toj kawg nkaus rau lawv txoj haujlwm.

Tight kawg yog qhov xav tau loj heev rau Colts lub caij so no, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tom qab so haujlwm ntawm lub sijhawm ntev nruj kawg thiab kiv cua nyiam Jack Doyle. Hloov Doyle yuav yog ib txoj haujlwm nyuaj rau Colts, tab sis Woods muab qhov yooj yim kom tsis txhob yeej ntawm txoj kev nkaus xwb tab sis kuj qhib qhov rau lub hnub qub uas khiav rov qab Jonathan Taylor. Indianapolis tau teeb tsa los nrhiav lawv Y nruj kawg ntawm lub neej yav tom ntej, thiab Woods yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv cov qauv.

Nws yog qhov kev xav zoo li xav pom Woods txhim kho hauv Colts 'system. Kawm los ntawm cov neeg ua si zoo sib xws hauv Alie-Cox, ntxiv rau muaj Matt Ryan ua nws lub quarterback, Woods tuaj yeem npaj rau lub luag haujlwm tam sim nrog hnyav snaps. Rau cov neeg tshiab nruj kawg, qhov ntawd yog qhov tsis tshua muaj qhov ua kom ua tiav. Txawm li cas los xij, nrog rau kev ncaws pob ntawm Woods, nws yog qhov tshwj xeeb rau txoj cai nws zoo li.

Indianapolis tam sim no tau khaws lawv lub khob ntim puv ntawm txoj haujlwm nruj kawg rau lub caij yuav los no thiab dhau mus. Ntoo thiab Alie-Cox yuav yog qhov kev lom zem duo saib, tab sis tsis txhob hnov ​​​​qab txog 2021 thib plaub-them xaiv Kylen Granson. Sab hauv, Colts muaj kev cia siab siab rau Granson nkag mus rau hauv nws qhov kev sib tw thib ob. Tag nrho peb yog kev qhuas zoo rau ib leeg, thiab nws zoo li Colts tus thawj coj qhia Frank Reich yuav rov qab los ntau ntawm 12 tus neeg ua haujlwm saib hauv phau ntawv ua si.

Woods yog daim ntawv rho npe kawg ua tsaug rau nws qhov profile kis las thiab kev txhim kho lig. Yog tias Woods tsoo nws lub qab nthab, nws tuaj yeem yooj yim dhau los ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws nruj kawg ntawm 2022 cov chav kawm ntawv. Nrog rau cov cwj pwm no, hauv pem teb twb siab heev rau Woods ib yam nkaus.

Colts GM Chris Ballard yeej ib txwm saib xyuas qhov zoo, thiab Woods yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm nws txoj kev tswj hwm.