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Colts Explain Why They're Betting on a Former Criminal to Right His Wrongs

SI Feed·Noah Compton·5 months ago
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The Indianapolis Colts chose to bolster their running back room with their second-to-last draft pick, selecting Kentucky's Seth McGowan with the 237th overall pick. The SEC back carved out a final statistical campaign and posted athletic testing scores (earned the NFL's 7th-highest athletic score among NFL Combine running back participants) worthy of NFL Draft consideration. McGowan (24) is one of the recent influx of older prospects that the newly-established NIL era has provided, and given that this regime is in no position to turn away any potential day-one contribution, his services ultimately landed in Indianapolis. Though the Colts have star running back Jonathan Taylor leading the charge, the depth beyond him left a lot to be desired. As a result, Indianapolis drafted McGowan toward the end of the draft in an attempt to bolster said depth. "Seth (McGowan) is a guy we've been watching here for a while. He had the incident when he was at Oklahoma, which we know, and we vetted hard.…

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