The Colts are waiving kicker Rodrigo Blankenship, NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero reports. Blankenship had a difficult season opener vs. Houston, missing a game-winning field goal in overtime and sending two crucial kickoffs out of bounds. Instead of a win, the Colts came away from their Week 1 game with a tie.
After a tremendous college career at Georgia, at which he won the 2019 Lou Groza Award for best kicker in the nation, Blankenship signed with the Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2020. His rookie year was solid, making 86.5% of his field goals in 16 games.
However, last season he only played in five games due to a hip injury, and even when he played only made 78.6% of his field goal attempts. The poor start to the season was apparently enough for Indianapolis to move on.
