Overview
- The Colts announced Thursday that they signed tackle Charlie Heck to the 53-man roster, added guard Joshua Gray to the practice squad, and released linebacker Germaine Pratt from the practice squad.
- Heck is a 2020 fourth-round pick with 67 career game appearances and recent work at right tackle, including 473 snaps last season with Tampa Bay, which gives the Colts an experienced short-term option at the position.
- Pratt had been signed to Indianapolis' practice squad on October 13 and was elevated for one game where he played 20 defensive snaps, but the team cited improving linebacker health as a key reason for his release.
- Joshua Gray, an undrafted 2025 rookie who has spent time with Atlanta, Minnesota, and Carolina, joins the practice squad as a developmental interior lineman and fills the open roster spot created by Pratt's departure.
- These moves follow a common in-season pattern where teams add veteran depth to cover injury risk at hard-to-fill spots and use the practice squad to balance short-term needs with player development, so watch for Heck to appear in game-day elevations if tackle injuries persist.