The Indianapolis Colts today signed defensive end Derek Rivers to the practice squad.
Rivers, 6-5, 250 pounds, spent Week 4-11 on the team's practice squad. He participated in 2024 training camp with Indianapolis. Rivers has played in 24 career games (one start) in his time with the Colts (2023-24), Houston Texans (2021-23), Los Angeles Rams (2020) and New England Patriots (2017-20). He has registered 16 tackles (11 solo), 5.0 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks. Rivers has also appeared in three postseason contests and has recorded one special teams tackle. He was originally selected by the Patriots in the third round (83rd overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft out of Youngstown State.
