{"id":821764,"date":"2026-03-19T20:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/821764\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:00:32","slug":"colts-reportedly-add-wr-nick-westbrook-ikhine-lb-akeem-davis-gaither-in-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/821764\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts reportedly add WR Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, LB Akeem Davis-Gaither in free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/holderstephen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN\u2019s Stephen Holder<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/teams\/clt\/2025.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> have made two more free agent signings, inking former Miami Dolphins wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WestNi00.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Westbrook-Ikhine<\/a> and Arizona Cardinals linebacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DaviAk01.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Akeem Davis-Gaither<\/a> to new deals:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Regarding Westbrook-Ikhine, the former undrafted free agent out of IU initially began his career as a member of the Tennessee Titans (2020-24), but spent last season with the Miami Dolphins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Now 28-years-old, Westbrook-Ikhine has 137 receptions for 1,862 total receiving yards and 19 touchdown receptions during 93 career games (42 starts).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For the Dolphins last season, he had 11 receptions for 89 total receiving yards in 15 games (3 starts). Per PFF, he earned a +51.5 overall grade this past season. He was released this early offseason by Miami, entering the 2nd-year of a $6.5 million deal he originally signed in March of 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Of course, Westbrook-Ikhine\u2019s best career season came during that prior contract year, when in 2024, he had 32 receptions for 497 total receiving yards and 9 touchdown receptions for the Titans during 17 games (9 starts).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While Westbrook-Ikhine could ultimately be a positional depth signing for Indianapolis, the 6,\u20192\u201d, 210 pound wideout also gives the Colts a potential starting WR2 along the outside to help replace departed veteran Michael Pittman Jr., who was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers. He offers some size and the ability to separate vertically.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Meanwhile, Davis-Gaither is a former 2020 4th round pick of Cincinnati Bengals, where he previously played for Colts veteran defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo in the \u2018Land of Skyline Chili\u2019 from 2020-24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">He spent last season as a member of the Arizona Cardinals. Similar to Westbrook-Ikhine, he was released by the Cardinals entering the 2nd-year year of an $11 million contract signed with the Cardinals in March of 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 28-year-old veteran linebacker has 321 tackles (173 solo), 9 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, 3 interceptions, 16 passes defensed, 3 forced fumbles, and 3 fumble recoveries during 88 career games (24 starts).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">He\u2019s coming off a 2025 season for the Cardinals in which he had 117 tackles (51 solo), 2 tackles for loss, an interception, 5 passes defensed, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery in 17 games (13 starts). Per PFF, he earned a +49.9 overall grade this past season, with his best grade being a +66.9 run defense grade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With the Colts having two starting linebacker holes defensively, with veteran captain Zaire Franklin being traded to Green Bay and fellow veteran Germaine Pratt still a free agent\u2014and no viable internal replacements, Davis-Gaither provides the Colts at least a potential starting linebacker option, and at the very least, experienced positional depth for next season.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to ESPN\u2019s Stephen Holder, the Indianapolis Colts have made two more free agent signings, inking former Miami&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[2005,7,2004,392,6523,2381,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-821764","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-free-agency","13":"tag-indianapoliscolts","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116257621478920495","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821764","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=821764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}