Indianapolis Colts Austrian OL Bernhard Raimann hurt, will miss game against NY Jets

The Indianapolis Colts will be down an offensive lineman for Sunday’s game against the New York Jets.

Left tackle Bernhard Raimann has been ruled out due to the knee injury that’s kept him off the field all week. Raimann was injured early in last Sunday’s loss to the Bills and Matt Goncalves stepped into his spot.

The 6’6″ 305 pound tackle was a third round pick of the Colts in the 2022 NFL Draft. He is a product of the Vienna Vikings youth program in Austria. After playing receiver and tight end for one of Europe’s best programs, Raimann played high school football as an exchange student in Michigan and picked up an offer from the CMU Chippewas.

The Austrian began his NCAA career as a tight end before moving to the offensive line in 2020. After only playing the position for one season he earned all-conference honors.

The nimble big man graded out as the country’s second-best lineman in his senior season according to PFF and was named the Mid-American Conference player of the year following a dominant season for Central Michigan. On top of his rare feat of winning player of the year as a lineman, Raimann was also named All-American.