{"id":89018,"date":"2025-05-29T21:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T21:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/89018\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T21:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T21:54:12","slug":"te-jelani-woods-s-daniel-scott-participating-in-indianapolis-colts-first-ota-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/89018\/","title":{"rendered":"TE Jelani Woods, S Daniel Scott participating in Indianapolis Colts&#8217; first OTA practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the field for the <a href=\"https:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Indianapolis Colts&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Indianapolis Colts&#8217; <\/a>first OTA practice on Wednesday were <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JakeArthurNFL\/status\/1927786250922016813\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:safety Daniel Scott;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">safety Daniel Scott<\/a> and tight end Jelani Woods, both of whom missed the 2024 season with injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, who was a fifth-round pick in the 2023 NFL draft by the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Colts<\/a>, missed last season after suffering an Achilles injury in early June. He also missed the 2023 season with an ACL injury.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Injuries have derailed Scott&#8217;s first two seasons, but he&#8217;s a player that head coach Shane Steichen has spoken very highly of. He&#8217;s also at a position that is low on experienced depth behind Cam Bynum and Nick Cross, which could lead to a roster spot or two being up for grabs this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s going to have a hell of a future,\u201d Steichen said during last offseason&#8217;s OTAs. \u201cHe\u2019s smart, intelligent. That\u2019s part of it, playing in the back end, communication.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Woods was placed on season-ending injured reserve in late August after undergoing toe surgery at that time. Woods would also miss the 2023 season while working through hamstring injuries.<\/p>\n<p>At 6-7, 253 pounds, with 4.61 speed and the ability to line up out wide and in the slot, Woods has the potential to be a real matchup problem in the passing game.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A big body tight end that can run the vertical routes, run the shallows, run the deep cross,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colts.com\/news\/jelani-woods-tight-end-hamstring-injury-shane-steichen-offense-2024-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steichen said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steichen said<\/a> last offseason. &#8220;Obviously, he&#8217;s a matchup for a defense that they gotta be prepared for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Woods is entering the final year of his rookie deal, and Scott has two years remaining.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2025\/05\/29\/te-jelani-woods-s-daniel-scott-participating-in-indianapolis-colts-first-ota-practice\/83926942007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colts OTAs: Jelani Woods, Daniel Scott participating in first practice;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Colts OTAs: Jelani Woods, Daniel Scott participating in first practice<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the field for the Indianapolis Colts&#8217; first OTA practice on Wednesday were safety Daniel Scott and tight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[15798,2005,9037,7,2004,392,2381,23841,6,4998,4975],"class_list":{"0":"post-89018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-cam-bynum","9":"tag-colts","10":"tag-daniel-scott","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-indianapolis","13":"tag-indianapolis-colts","14":"tag-indianapoliscolts","15":"tag-jelani-woods","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-nick-cross","18":"tag-shane-steichen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114593350851797297","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89018","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=89018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}