INDIANAPOLIS –Signing with an NFL team was a shock. Making the practice squad for a couple years was a stunner. But what Erik Swoope accomplished in 2016 topped it all.
That’s when this Indianapolis Colts tight end became a football player.
You know his story. Former college basketball player at Miami (Fla.) and accidental NFL project. The Colts taught him how to put on pads and get in a three-point stance. Pop Warner-level stuff.
That was two years ago. It wasn’t until the 2016 season that Swoope went from developmental player to, well, a player.