{"id":675393,"date":"2026-01-14T01:40:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/675393\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T01:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:40:21","slug":"colts-sign-former-cfl-standout-linebacker-devin-veresuk-to-reserve-future-contract-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/675393\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts sign former CFL standout linebacker Devin Veresuk to reserve\/future contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Indianapolis Colts announced on Tuesday that the team has signed ex-CFL linebacker Devein Veresuk, formerly of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a reserve\/future contract:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The listed 6,\u20192\u201d, 240 pound linebacker out of Windsor was originally the 2nd overall pick of the 2025 CFL Draft. He recorded 66 tackles, 2.0 sacks, an interception, and 2 forced fumbles during 18 games played during his debut season North of the border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">He also had an interception and a recovery on a blocked punt for a defensive touchdown respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Veresuk was the recipient of the Frank M. Gibson Trophy, which is given annually to the East division\u2019s most outstanding rookie each season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">He was recently released from his contract on January 12th, to pursue an opportunity within the NFL this year\u2014presumably with Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Colts have been active at linebacker this early offseason, already signing Veresuk, as well as fellow linebackers John Bullock and Joseph Vaughn to initial contracts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indianapolis Colts announced on Tuesday that the team has signed ex-CFL linebacker Devein Veresuk, formerly of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[2005,7,2004,392,3562,2381,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-675393","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-indianapolis-colts-news","13":"tag-indianapoliscolts","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115890908290495793","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675393","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=675393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}