{"id":855615,"date":"2026-04-05T19:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T19:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/855615\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T19:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T19:34:24","slug":"colts-hosting-uar-bernard-on-pre-draft-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/855615\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts hosting Uar Bernard on pre-draft visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 5, 2026, 2:24 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

The Indianapolis Colts<\/a> are hosting Uar Bernard on a pre-draft visit, according to Luca Evans of the Denver Post.<\/p>\n

Haven’t heard of Bernard, a defensive tackle prospect? Most hadn’t until recently.<\/p>\n

Bernard, who is from Nigeria, is a part of the NFL’s International Pathway Program<\/a> (IPP) and began training back in mid-January. He then caught the attention of many at the NFL’s HBCU showcase event.<\/p>\n

According to The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman<\/a>, Bernard measured in at 6-4 1\/2, 306 pounds, and he has just six percent body fat.<\/p>\n

He also recorded a 39-inch vertical jump, a broad jump of 10-10, and he ran a 4.63-second 40-yard dash.<\/p>\n

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Bernard, 21, is relatively new to the game of football and is quite raw from a technique standpoint. However, Feldman says he will be in Pittsburgh for the NFL draft, where one team could select him, as they bet on his size and athletic traits.<\/p>\n

“Bernard said playing in pads has been a big adjustment,” Feldman wrote. “He\u2019s confident in his strength and his ability to be physical, but developing his technique and learning all that goes into D-line play is the biggest hurdle. The IPP has worked with a lot of elite athletes from overseas, but few have blossomed into NFL starters.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 5, 2026, 2:24 p.m. ET The Indianapolis Colts are hosting Uar Bernard on a pre-draft visit, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[95878,2005,7,2004,392,2381,6,49915,95900,95882,95903,95896,95888,95899,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-855615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-colts","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-indianapolis","12":"tag-indianapolis-colts","13":"tag-indianapoliscolts","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflcolts","16":"tag-sstsncolts","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagindianapolis-colts","19":"tag-tagnational-sports","20":"tag-tagnfl","21":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116353780047945186","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855615","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=855615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}