Colts’ head coach prospect: 5 things to understand about Eric Bieniemy

The Indianapolis Colts finished an interview with Kansas City Chiefs offensive organizer Eric Bieniemy for their head coach job Thursday, Jan. 12.

The Colts are arranged to interview a broad variety of prospects priorto making a choice, and you can keep up with the newest updates via our tracker.

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Here are 5 things to understand about Colts’ head coach prospect Eric Bieniemy:

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Bieniemy had an exceptionally efficient college profession at Colorado and still holds lotsof records consideringthat he left in1991 During his last season with the Buffaloes in 1990, his 1,628 hurrying backyards were the second-most in the country, while he included 17 goals. He was 3rd in the Heisman ballot and is Colorado’s all-time leader in hurrying lawns (3,940), all-purpose backyards (4,351), and overall goals (42).

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Bieniemy injury up being a second-round choice in the 1991 NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers, where he played for 4 seasons (1991-1994). He played 9 seasons in the NFL, which consistedof stints with the Cincinnati Bengals (1995-1998) and Philadelphia Eagles (1999). In 142 profession videogames, Bieniemy taped 387 brings for 1,589 hurrying backyards and 11 hurrying goals. He likewise included 146 receptions for 1,226 getting lawns.

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One of the greatest keepsinmind concerning Bieniemy’s candidateship for the head coach position is the history he has with present basic supervisor Chris Ballard. They both shownup in Kansas City in 2013 and were there together for 4 seasons till Ballard left for the Colts in2017 During this time, Bieniemy was the running backs coach, and Ballard was the director of gamer workers (2013-2014) and the director of football operations (2015-2016).

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After holding the function of running backs coach under Andy Reid for 5 seasons, Bieniemy was promoted to offensive organizer after Matt Nagy took the head coach task with the Chicago Bears in2017 He’s held the function giventhat and hasactually been a important part of the Chiefs offense with Patrick Mahomes.