{"id":60366,"date":"2025-05-18T17:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T17:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/60366\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T17:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T17:15:09","slug":"colts-de-samson-ebukam-expects-to-be-cleared-for-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/60366\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts DE Samson Ebukam Expects To Be Cleared For Training Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colts DE Samson Ebukam<\/a> is entering a contract year, and fortunately for player and team, it appears he will be on the field when training camp begins in July. Per Mike Chappell of Fox 59<\/a>, Ebukam expects to be medically cleared in time for camp.<\/p>\n

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Ebukam paced the Colts with 9.5 sacks in 2023, a performance that led to high expectations in 2024. Unfortunately, the former fourth-round pick of the Rams suffered a torn Achilles<\/a> shortly after last year\u2019s training camp got underway. While Indianapolis placed him on IR with a return designation<\/a> in the hopes that he could suit up more quickly than expected, that did not materialize, and Ebukam ultimately missed the entire campaign.<\/p>\n

His absence is one of the reasons why the Colts, after posting the fifth-most sacks in the league in 2023, finished with the seventh-fewest in 2024. Even with Ebukam in the fold, Indy\u2019s defense was not a particularly stout unit in 2023, but his return, coupled with a shift in organizational philosophy<\/a> that led to notable<\/a> deals<\/a> for Camryn Bynum<\/a> and Charvarius Ward<\/a> that are intended to address the club\u2019s secondary woes, should beget an improvement in 2025.<\/p>\n

While GM Chris Ballard finally landed a top tight end prospect in the first round of last month\u2019s draft when he turned in the card for Penn State standout Tyler Warren<\/a>, he continued to fortify the defensive side of the ball on Day 2, when he added Ohio State defensive end J.T. Tuimoloau<\/a> and Minnesota cornerback Justin Walley<\/a>. The team did lose Dayo Odeyingbo<\/a> in free agency but still rosters DeForest Buckner<\/a> and recent first-round draftees Kwity Paye<\/a> and Laiatu Latu<\/a> along the defensive front.<\/p>\n

Like Ebukam, Paye is going into a platform season. The Michigan product, who has recorded 16.5 sacks over the past two years, is due to earn $13.39MM on the fifth-year option of his rookie deal and can take advantage of the booming pass rusher market if he can replicate or improve upon his recent performances.<\/p>\n

Ebukam is entering his age-30 season and could therefore face a more limited market next March even if he has a healthy and productive season. Nonetheless, he should still have a number of suitors and a sizable new deal if he can match his 2023 production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colts DE Samson Ebukam is entering a contract year, and fortunately for player and team, it appears he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[2005,7,2004,392,2381,6,4993],"class_list":{"0":"post-60366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-colts","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-indianapolis","11":"tag-indianapolis-colts","12":"tag-indianapoliscolts","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-samson-ebukam"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114529968264625223","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}