Colts get first look at LB CJ Allen, kicking…

Allen, fellow rookie Bryce Boettcher and Austin Aijake rotated the first-team reps Friday. Allen had the green communications dot on his helmet and relayed defensive calls to his teammates Friday. He held the same role during his college career at Georgia.

The kicking contest between Blake Grupe and Spencer Shrader began today, with both taking six field goal attempts at the beginning of practice. Grupe made every one, with the longest being over 50 yards. Shrader missed his fifth kick, but made all of the others.

“I think it’ll be a really good competition,” special teams coordinator Brian Mason said Thursday. “We’re going to try to get those guys the exact same number of kicks as similar as we possibly can.”