Reggie Wayne has not suited up in an NFL game since Jan. 18, 2015, when the Colts lost to the Patriots in the AFC Championship game.
He might need to get himself ready — just in case — after the Colts traded away two wide receivers prior to the NFL trade deadline on Tuesday.
The Colts’ wide receiver coach joked about it on social media amid a busy day for the 2-7 Colts, which saw the franchise trade wideouts Keenan Allen and Josh Downs, thinning Indianapolis even further at the position.
“Welp… Might be time to dust off the old Reeboks…. Has the player-Coach thing ever happened before?” Wayne, a six-time Pro Bowler during his 14-year career in the NFL, wrote on X.
Player-coaches have occurred in the past, but the last one was Dan Reeves in the early 1970s, when he was part of the Cowboys organization. However, it is no longer something feasible because it was banned in the current collective bargaining agreement.
Wayne put up 14,345 receiving yards and had 82 touchdowns during his career, which also included being named a three-time All-Pro and having eight seasons in which he had 1,000 receiving yards.
The Colts are down to five receivers on their active roster currently and have two others — Alec Pierce and D.J. Montgomery — on injured reserve.
Indy traded Downs to the Chiefs in exchange for 2027 fourth- and fifth-round picks. They sent Allen to the 49ers for a sixth-round pick in the 2027 draft.
The Colts are now down to Deion Burks, Ashton Dulin, Anthony Gould, Laquon Treadwell and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, who was signed to the 53-man roster from the practice squad on Tuesday.
Indianapolis has not won a game since Oct. 4, when it defeated the Commanders, and has since dropped five straight games heading into the Week 10 matchup against the Dolphins.
