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» Tell III turned in his best performance of the year on Sunday against the Jaguars. Earning his first-career start, Tell III had a career-best five tackles and three passes defensed.
The Colts’ fifth-round (144th-overall) selection in the 2019 NFL Draft, Tell III has converted from college safety to NFL cornerback, and he’s earned extensive playing time of late.
He’s played in seven games total with one start and has logged 279 total snaps — 176 on defense and 103 on special teams — and has 15 tackles, a team-leading five passes defensed and one special teams stop; his five passes defensed ranks fifth and his one forced fumble ranks tied for sixth among all NFL rookies.
“He just looks more and more comfortable,” Colts head coach Frank Reich said of Tell III on Monday. “I want to say more confident, but I think he has always been pretty confident. You can see he has a natural skillset for the position.”
Again: click here to vote for Tell III as the Week 11 NFL Rookie of the Week.