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Rookie Austin Collie has six grabs on seven intended passes to lead the Colts. It appears Collie, who plays mostly in the slot, is beating out Garcon for the third receiver job. If he keeps it up, expect Anthony Gonzalez to stay outside and run more vertical routes. Garcon would then focus on returns.

Sam Giguere “certainly caught our eye,” said Caldwell of the former Canadian college star’s Week 17 audition at Buffalo. Chad Simpson was the team’s main kickoff returner during the season.

Giguere was a standout in Canadian college football, even getting picked eighth overall in the 2008 CFL Draft. At 5'11/215, however, he has an odd body type for an NFL receiver. He’ll probably back up Austin Collie in the slot.

Giguere, who was just called up from the practice squad before Week 17, impressed the coaches as a kick returner and gunner on punt coverage. He won’t be factor in the passing game.

Though Mike Hart averaged just 2.7 yards per carry last season, the Colts were encouraged enough by his hard running down the stretch to part with Simpson. Former Canadian college star WR Sam Giguere is a candidate to take over kickoff returns.

Starting cornerback Jerraud Powers is slated to return punts. Giguere appeared in just one game last year, returning five kicks for 122 yards (24.4 average) with a long of 36. He’s not a contributor for Indianapolis offensively.

It looks like Devin Moore has beaten them both out for the kickoff specialist job. James was a star returner at Florida for four seasons, but Moore’s numbers were superior in limited exhibition action. Giguere’s best bet is to return to Canada to carve out a long career in the CFL.

Scott, a sixth-round pick by Philadelphia, bounced around practice squads this year and was tried at fullback. He’ll be very low on the offseason tailback depth chart. All of these players finished 2010 on New York’s practice squad.

He’ll get a run for his money from undrafted rookie Brandon James, who is second on the depth cart for kickoff returns and first on the depth chart for punts.

Moore is competing with Ray Fisher, Brandon James, and Sam Giguere for the Colts’ return man job. So far in the preseason, Moore has averaged 32.3 yards on four kickoff returns. Moore has been seeing some time at RB and has excelled there as well, giving us reason to believe he’s the frontrunner of the group.