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Tell

Indianapolis’ fifth-round pick in 2019, Tell played 199 snaps (47%) on special teams in his rookie season before opting out last year. He’s one of many players that will be forced to repay their $150,000 stipend upon returning.

He joins teammate S Rolan Milligan, dinging the Colts’ depth on the back end. Tell appeared in 13 games last season as a core special teams player. He was a fifth-round pick in 2019.

The contract includes a $328,160 signing bonus. Tell tallied 13 career pass breakups and five interceptions at USC, earning second-team All Pac 12 honors in 2018. A safety in college, Tell is expected to begin his NFL career at corner. Indy also locked up fourth-round S Khari Willis on Monday.

Tell (6’2/198) started for three-plus years in the Trojans’ secondary, tallying 13 career pass breakups and five picks and earning second-team All-Pac 12 in 2018. Tell crushed pre-draft workouts with 4.57 speed, a 42-inch vertical, 11-foot-4 broad jump, and scintillating 6.63 three-cone time. A free safety for nearly his entire college career, Tell was widely viewed by NFL scouts as a candidate to be converted into a press-man cornerback in the Richard Sherman mold. Indy also added projected shutdown-corner Rock Ya-Sin to start the second round on Friday.