Colts sign Vet tackle to replace AC

[Ironshaft]

I always liked Veldheer.

He came out of very, very small Hillsdale College (1,200 enrollment), was drafted in the 3rd by the Raiders and grabbed their starting LT spot as a rookie after having become their top backup in training camp.

Started 11 of 16 games as a rookie in 2010 and then started the next 37 games until injury cut short his 2013 campaign after only 5 games.

He signed a veteran free agent contract with Arizona in 2014 and started 40 games for them at LT until injury cut short his 2016 season after 8 games.

After that, he never played more than 13 games a season (13 in 2017, 12 in 2018, 2 in 2019) and zero in 2020 so far.

While not a high end starter anymore, assuming he is in shape, he will be better than anyone else we could run out there not named Castonzo.