OMAHA, Neb. — Ken Clark, one of the top all-time rushers at Nebraska who went on to play for the Indianapolis Colts, has died. He was 46.
His cousin, Stephanie Clark of Omaha, confirmed Clark’s death. She said he died of a heart attack in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Clark was a two-time All-Big Eight running back for the Cornhuskers, rushing for more than 1,000 yards both his junior and senior seasons.
His career highlight came in 1988, when he ran for 256 yards and three touchdowns in a win over Heisman Trophy winner Barry Sanders and Oklahoma State. His three-year rushing total of 3,037 yards ranks seventh on Nebraska’s career chart.
Clark appeared in 34 games with the Colts from 1990-92.
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Colts Mailbag: Josh Downs’ Week 10 status, Alec Pierce’s outlook, Patriots’ 2023 struggles
The Colts mailbag is back for Week 10 with questions on if Josh Downs could play this weekend, Alec Pierce’s season to date and how the Colts can beat the Patriots on Sunday in Frankfurt.
The Colts Mailbag is back! Colts.com readers can submit their questions to have a chance of them being answered in our Mailbag series.
Missed out this week? Not a problem — you can submit your question(s) for the next Colts Mailbag by clicking here. I’ll also be checking the comments on our Official Colts Podcast YouTube page and will answer some listener questions in here, too.
Let’s get after this week’s questions:
Stan Scherer, Fort Wayne, Ind.: What is the status of Josh Downs, will he be ready to play this weekend?
JJ Stankevitz: Downs left the Colts’ Week 9 win over the Carolina Panthers in the second quarter with a knee injury and did not return, and he did not practice Wednesday at the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center. He initially sustained the injury during practice last week.
Keep an eye out here on Colts.com and the Colts App Thursday and Friday for practice participation updates on Downs. I’ll have game status designations – no status, questionable, doubtful or out – from Frankfurt on Friday. We’ll keep an eye on Downs as well as three other players who did not practice Wednesday: CB JuJu Brents (quad), LB Zaire Franklin (knee) and TE Drew Ogletree (foot). Right tackle Braden Smith (hip/wrist) practiced in full on Wednesday, so we’ll see if he’ll play for the first time since Week 6 on Sunday in Germany.
Michael Holcomb, Lagrange, Ind.: I been a devoted Colts fan since 1965. My question is what’s going on with Alec Pierce? There are not many targets and catches, is he not getting open?
JJ Stankevitz:Pierce is third on the Colts with 32 targets, but that total is well behind fellow wideouts Michael Pittman Jr. (86 targets) and Downs (57 targets).
On a per-target basis, Pierce is just as productive as he was as a rookie last year (7.6 yards/target). He’s averaging 14.3 yards per reception, right in line with his 14.5 yards per reception average in 2022. But he’s averaging 1.9 receptions per game (down from 2.6 last year) and 27 yards per game (down from 37.1 last year).
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