Former IU kicker Mitch Ewald will have a chance to start for the Denver Broncos this upcoming season after first-string kicker Matt Prater was suspended for the first four games of the season for violating the league’s substance abuse program.
The suspension is an opportunity for Ewald to prove himself in games replacing Prater, who led the league having made 25 of 26 field goals last season.
Ewald was 9 for 11 in field goal attempts his senior year and was 56 for 56 in extra points. Throughout his career, he only missed 1 in 162 extra point attempts.
Sunday, nine days after the Chicago Bears announced they signed former IU receiver Kofi Hughes to a one-year contract, Hughes was cut by the team.
The Bears was the third NFL team for the rookie, Hughes, who was originally signed with the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent. The Indianapolis native also spent time with the Houston Texans.
Hughes’ future is uncertain. All NFL teams must trim their rosters to 76 by 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Sam Beishuizen
