The Indianapolis Colts placed starting cornerback JuJu Brents on injured reserve on Tuesday because of a knee injury and signed cornerback Chris Lammons to the 53-man active roster from the practice squad.
Brents could miss the rest of the season, NFL Network reported, while the Indianapolis Star reported that an MRI revealed a significant injury requiring surgery, though the Colts will leave open the possibility of him returning in the final month of the season.
This is the latest injury for Brents, 24, an Indianapolis native. He had wrist surgery before the 2023 NFL Draft and missed spring practices with the Colts, who had selected him in the second round out of Kansas State. A hamstring injury kept him inactive for the first two games in 2023, and a quadriceps injury cost him another six games of his rookie season, which culminated with his exit in the finale because of a hamstring problem.
Brent played in nine games (eight starts) in 2023 and made 43 tackles and one interception.
He had ankle surgery in June and suffered a broken nose during the preseason. Brents started Sunday’s loss to the visiting Houston Texans and made seven tackles while playing 62 snaps on defense and four on special teams.
Lammons, 28, has played parts of six seasons for the Miami Dolphins (2019), Kansas City Chiefs (2020-22) and Colts (2023-present). He has career totals of 32 tackles and one interception in 47 games, with his lone start coming in 2023 for Indianapolis.
–Field Level Media
