{"id":44382,"date":"2025-08-04T10:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/44382\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:47:08","slug":"colts-salvon-ahmed-taken-to-hospital-with-severe-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/44382\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts&#8217; Salvon Ahmed taken to hospital with severe injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Salvon Ahmed was carted off the Colts\u2019 practice field and taken to a hospital Sunday after he got knocked down by a defender using an illegal hip-drop tackle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed suffered a severe lower right leg injury from the play and had X-rays done at the hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever want to see that happen,\u201d coach Shane Steichen said. \u201cI know we don\u2019t encourage hip-drop tackles. I know Trey [Washington] is down in the dumps, and I don\u2019t think he\u2019s trying to do that. We\u2019re just trying to create an edge. \u2026 Those [backups] are going to have to tackle come preseason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The injury occurred during a time in practice dubbed a developmental period, which the third-string players participate in, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45892486\/colts-rb-salvon-ahmed-carted-severe-leg-injury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to ESPN<\/a>, and the team was allowing tackling during the drills.<\/p>\n<p>Salvon Ahmed exited the Colts\u2019 practice Aug. 3 with a severe injury. Screengrab via X\/@nerlens_<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tough scenes at Grand Park: After an impressive rush by Salvon Ahmed, a hip drop tackle effectively ends his season as the stretcher\/aircast comes out.<\/p>\n<p>The entire campus was dead silent and you could hear Ahmed screaming, \u2018F***!\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6uXVrE0Rl8\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/6uXVrE0Rl8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Noah Compton (@nerlens_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nerlens_\/status\/1952026966514688333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ahmed took a handoff and Washington, an undrafted free agent, chased him down as he crossed the goal line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Practice came to a screeching halt at that point as the running back grabbed at his ankle and was in significant pain as trainers came out to evaluate the situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed was eventually placed on a stretcher and taken off the field on a cart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Indianapolis Colts running back Salvon Ahmed (36) runs a drill during practice at the NFL football team\u2019s training camp in Westfield, Ind., July 23, 2025. AP<\/p>\n<p>Hip-drop tackles have been banned in the NFL due to their propensity for creating injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The injury occurred with 15 minutes left in practice, and after meeting with team leadership, Steichen continued the session.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of thoughts going on in my head during that situation,\u201d he said. \u201cI talked to some of the leaders on the team. We wanted to get that last two-minute situation in. Felt that we needed that. They were on board with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Salvon Ahmed stands on the sidelines prior to an NFL preseason football game against the Washington Commanders at Hard Rock Stadium on August 17, 2024 in Miami Gardens, FL. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed was hoping to make the Colts this season after spending last year on the team\u2019s practice squad.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has four years of NFL experience under his belt, all with the Dolphins from 2020-23.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Salvon Ahmed was carted off the Colts\u2019 practice field and taken to a hospital Sunday after he got&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,1732,514,82],"class_list":["post-44382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}