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Colts sign Amarlo Herrera, waive Marcus Thigpen

The Indianapolis Colts today promoted inside linebacker Amarlo Herrera from the practice squad to the active roster and waived return specialist Marcus Thigpen.

The Indianapolis Colts have injuries at the inside linebacker position heading into Sunday night's game against the New England Patriots, leading them to make a roster move earlier this morning. The Colts promoted inside linebacker Amarlo Herrera from the practice squad to the 53-man active roster, and to make room for him they waived return specialist Marcus Thigpen.

Herrera was drafted by the Colts in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL Draft out of Georgia, where he played in 54 games (43 starts) and recorded 334 tackles (21 for loss), 3.