Daniel Adongo-sports illustrated

[BronxColtNYC]

http://mmqb.si.com/2013/10/03/daniel-adongo-indianapolis-colts-rugby/

What a quality, well-written story!

[21isSuperman]

Awesome story!  Thanks for sharing!

[Kenny]

Makes this project look well worth it.

[crazycolt1]

I wonder how far along he has come? Dude is a freak in size and speed. The nice thing about DA is no other team can approach him as long he is not an American citizen and his roster spot on the PS is exempt. 

[mo0nlighting]

Well written story.  I'm very curious to see how he will do once he hits the field.  

[Indygal1218]

Thanks for the link! This is a great article!

I wonder if we'll see him on the field next season.

[BlueShoe]

Grigson said if Adongo was not there one day they would have pitchforks at his door. lol

 

Today he is Rudy; next year maybe he is a real player and contributing. 

[Boiler_Colt]

Great Story. As a former Rugby player I am really rooting for him.

[Indygal1218]

Grigson said if Adongo was not there one day they would have pitchforks at his door. lol

Today he is Rudy; next year maybe he is a real player and contributing.

Rudy? From The Cosby Show??

Just kidding. I couldn't resist.

[coltsfansince65]

My favorite part was....."And he was never hurt. He was always willing to play with a few knocks & niggles."

 

Boy can we use a guy that is "never hurt."

[shakedownstreet]

gotta love a guy who will play with a few knocks and niggles

[OffensivelyPC]

I wish the Colts would have a Daniel Adongo watch.  It would be stupid and criticized by most, but for us Colts fans, we're anxious to see what our coaches think of him.  We don't hear anything about him, but I'm curious to know of his progress.  Because quite frankly, I've been following him since our signing him to the point that, if he is going to be a solid player, I want to buy his jersey for being invested in watching the project.  Im' not expecting the next top 5 LB, but I still wanna know.  It's the kind of thing that you root for him hoping he'll be a good player. 

[kiwi_colt]

Going from $12000 to $400,000 is a nice pay rise.  Even some of the top tier rugby players don't earn that much.

 

As Umaga said he lacked game sense to excel in rugby and I imagine that will also trouble him in American Football. But American Football is far more structured than rugby so fingers crossed he picks it up, excels and eventually makes the 53.

 

Hopefully the scouts will continue to look at other potential rugby players if Adongo is successful, particularly the Samoan players.

[atapcl]

Love the story. Thanks. It seems like he has most of the intangibles. He needs experience and field awareness. The rugby story seemed to indicate he was weak on field awareness.

[dw49]

Going from $12000 to $400,000 is a nice pay rise.  Even some of the top tier rugby players don't earn that much.

 

As Umaga said he lacked game sense to excel in rugby and I imagine that will also trouble him in American Football. But American Football is far more structured than rugby so fingers crossed he picks it up, excels and eventually makes the 53.

 

Hopefully the scouts will continue to look at other potential rugby players if Adongo is successful, particularly the Samoan players.

 

 

Your right on the $400,000 . That's the minimum for players that make the 53 man roster. However practice squad players make no where near that amount. It can vary a bit but generaly , it's very close to $100,000. Surprising but true.

[mo0nlighting]

PS players can make whatever the team decides to pay them. There's no limit. However $400k would be pretty high

[RomanianColtsFan]

For those asking about his progress I think this part provides some answers

"As a scout team player, Adongo—who has bulked to 261 pounds by “eating a lot more meat than I ever have”—plays against the offensive starters during the week and has quickly become a somewhat welcome annoyance. While simple play-action can fool him—“He might be out on 56th Street before he realizes the ball went another direction,” Grigson says—Adongo chases down running plays from the backside with a rare zealousness, earning the ire of offensive linemen who take every opportunity to blow him up.

“He’s always around the ball, and he gives a lot of effort, sometimes a little bit more than the offensive line would like,” says tackle Jeff Linkenbach. “It does get a little chippy at times, but right after that little chippiness everything’s cool and he’s just smiling and we’re smiling back.”

[kiwi_colt]

Your right on the $400,000 . That's the minimum for players that make the 53 man roster. However practice squad players make no where near that amount. It can vary a bit but generaly , it's very close to $100,000. Surprising but true.

 

The article said he signed a $400,000 1 year deal with the Colts so won't he get paid $400,000? (sorry I have no idea how NFL contracts work).

[SteelCityColt]

I love the Colt's thinking in why scrape talent from the same barrels as everyone else, it's becoming more and more the norm to take super "athletes" and teach them football so this is some good forward thinking IMO. 

[lester]

I am really excited about thsi guy. I want to see him play football next year!

[dw49]

The article said he signed a $400,000 1 year deal with the Colts so won't he get paid $400,000? (sorry I have no idea how NFL contracts work).

 

 

I think the author was a little uneducated on how the contract read. Pretty sure the 400K would have been if he made the 53 man roster. Then he gets waived and then resigned to the practice squad. That's a brand new contract which pays around $6,000 per week. 

[HarassedOffTheSite]

What a quality, well-written story!

 

It really is. We're all (assuming maturity and sanity) pulling for him to come in and make an impact.

[dw49]

PS players can make whatever the team decides to pay them. There's no limit. However $400k would be pretty high

 

 

I would think the author be referring to the first contract he signed ... which would be the league minimum...$405,000 . Little more likely than the Colts cutting him and resigning him to the practice squad for $400,000 which would be approximately 4 times the average pay for a PS player.

[chrisfarley]

Well written story.  I'm very curious to see how he will do once he hits the field.  

when will that be?  any ideas?  just curious to see him too!!