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Colts waive RB Matt Jones

last September, Jones had fallen even further out of favor with Washington and failed to make the team out of training camp. The Colts picked him up off waivers and he spent time on the practice squad and the active roster.

The Indianapolis Colts waived fourth-year running back Matt Jones on Tuesday.

Jones, 25, signed with the Colts last offseason following two years with the Washington Redskins, but carried only five times for 14 yards (2.5-yard average) in limited duty in five games behind Frank Gore, Marlon Mack and Robert Turbin.

Gore is now with the Miami Dolphins, but Jones' fate in Indianapolis was seemingly sealed with the Colts selecting Nyheim Hines (fourth round) and Jordan Wilkins (fifth) in the 2018 NFL Draft to compete with Mack, Turbin and second-year back Josh Ferguson.

Jones was a third-round pick out of Florida in 2015 and rushed for 490 yards on 144 carries with four total touchdowns in 13 games as a rookie. That has proven to be his best production to date.

Jones was tabbed as the starter in 2016 after Alfred Morris left for Dallas as a free agent. Jones started seven games and rushed for 460 yards and three touchdowns, but a knee injury in October would open the door for rookie Rob Kelley to take over the starting job in his absence, with Chris Thompson the third-down back.

--Field Level Media