Ian Rapoport reports that the Colts are signing free agent LB Barkevious Mingo to a one-year, $2.5 million contract.
Mingo, 26, was the No. 6 overall pick back in 2013. He played out the final year of his four-year, $16.347 million rookie contract and is now in position to be an unrestricted free agent this offseason.
Last year, the Browns declined Mingo’s fifth-year option that would have run them $11.9 million in 2017. Cleveland later traded him to the Patriots for 2017 fifth-round pick.
In 2016, Mingo all 16 games for the Patriots and recorded 11 tackles and no sacks.