{"id":460382,"date":"2023-09-24T03:03:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T23:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=460382"},"modified":"2023-09-24T03:03:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T23:03:39","slug":"indianapolis-waives-week-1-starting-running-back-deon-jackson","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/indianapolis-waives-week-1-starting-running-back-deon-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Indianapolis waives Week 1 starting running back Deon Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Indianapolis\u00a0Colts have waived season-opener starter <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/player\/deon-jackson\/\">Deon Jackson<\/a> and inked RB <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/player\/trey-sermon\/\">Trey Sermon<\/a> from the training squad, the franchise shared today.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Colts are releasing RB Deon Jackson, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@RapSheet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AKtjJ6zRyR\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/AKtjJ6zRyR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SleeperNFL (@SleeperNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SleeperNFL\/status\/1705595639411646654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Deon rushed for just 14 yards on 13 carries and won only 14 yards on 5 receptions in Week One 31-21 defeat against the Jacksonville Jaguars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/player\/zack-moss\/\">Zack Moss<\/a> replaced him from the 1<sup>st<\/sup> minute on the field in Week 2 against the Texans. Moss gained 107 yards on 22 carries and had an 11-yard touchdown run in the Indianapolis\u00a031-20 win.<\/p>\n<p>With 2021 NFL rushing champ <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/player\/jonathan-taylor\/\">Jonathan Taylor<\/a> being sidelined, Zack will be the 1<sup>st<\/sup> choice for the organization on Sunday vs. Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n<p>Deon rushed for 281 yards and 2 TDs and caught 35 passes for 223 yards and 1 TD in 27 matches (3 as a starter) in the last 3 years with the Colts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indianapolis\u00a0Colts have waived season-opener starter Deon Jackson and inked RB Trey Sermon from the training squad, the franchise shared today. The Colts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":460383,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17242,17324],"news_category":[16703,14084],"gn_keywords":[21500,19068,17873],"acf":{"announce":"Colts waived Deon and elevated Trey.","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/460382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460382"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/460382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460385,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/460382\/revisions\/460385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460382"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=460382"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=460382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}