Wide receiver Isaiah McKenzie and cornerback Tony Brown have been suspended by the Indianapolis Colts for three games “for conduct detrimental to the team.”
The NFL team said in a release on personnel transactions on Tuesday afternoon that the former Alabama defensive back and McKenzie had been placed off the active roster to reserve/suspended status in a single sentence. The group did not go into detail about the players’ actions that led to their suspension.
The players will miss the rest of the regular season due to their suspensions. The Colts play their final home games of the season on December 31 against the Las Vegas Raiders and January 7 against the Houston Texans. They travel to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
Multiple-game suspensions by NFL teams are unusual. Suspensions of that magnitude are more often imposed by the NFL for violations of the league’s Personal Conduct Policy, Program and Policy on Substances of Abuse or Policy on Performance-Enhancing Substances.
Brown played in 12 of Indianapolis’ first 13 games this season, but he was a healthy scratch for Saturday’s 30-13 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Brown had been on the field for 56 defensive snaps and 252 special-teams plays in the 2023 season. All but one of his defensive snaps came in the Colts’ 38-27 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Oct. 29
Brown blocked a punt in a 31-28 overtime victory against the Tennessee Titans on De
Brown re-signed with Indianapolis in the offseason after a comeback campaign with the Colts in 2022, when he had 303 special-teams plays.
Brown played on two CFP national championship teams at Alabama, and he had an interception in his final game with the Crimson Tide — a 26-23 overtime victory against Georgia in the national title game for the 2017 season.
As an undrafted rookie in 2018, Brown attended the Los Angeles Chargers’ training camp. Brown joined the practice squad of the Green Bay Packers following his release by the Chargers at the conclusion of the preseason. In the fourth week of the 2018 season, he was added to the active roster.
In 11 games, Brown played 287 defensive snaps for Green Bay and finished with 34 tackles, five pass breakups, two forced fumbles, and a tackle for loss. Since then, Brown has participated in 50 NFL regular-season games and 207 defensive snaps.
In 2019, Brown made nine appearances for Green Bay. In addition to missing two games in October due to a hamstring injury, he did not play after November 24. Brown was featured on the Packers’
