Colts claim Jaguars Linebacker Chad Muma off of Waivers

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Colts claim Jaguars Linebacker Chad Muma off of Waivers

Colts claimed the former 2x All Mountain West Team player from rival Jaguars at a key position of need for the team.​

The Colts snagged the 4th year Linebacker out of Wyoming from waivers today, shocking even Colts General Manager Chris Ballard at Wednesday’s 12:45pm press conference.

“Who?” – Ballard upon being asked about Muma being claimed by the Colts.

Muma was one of the most athletic Linebackers of the 2022 Draft, scoring an incredible 9.77 Relative Athletic Score, a metric out of 10 that many Colts draft picks during Ballard’s tenure have scored very highly on. After his strong testing and impressive tape out of the Mountain West Conference, Muma was picked in the 3rd Round, 70th overall in the Draft.

Chad Muma goes on waivers. He’s a sufficient starter who would start on plenty of teams because of the lack of depth across the league at LB.

OK in coverage, flashed ball skills a couple years ago. Knows how to work over the top. Can be a green dot guy. Quality tackler. https://t.co/Uazae8SaNS

— Jared Feinberg (@JRodNFLDraft) August 26, 2025

During his NFL career Muma has been the backup to the Jaguars strong starting LB duo of Foyesade Oluokun and Devin Lloyd, starting just 7 games out of the 50 he got to play (primarily got playing time on special teams). In his 690 career Defensive snaps (less than 2/3rd of an NFL Defense’s snap count for a single season), Muma has accumulated:

• 94 Tackles
• 48 Solos
• 3 Tackles for Loss
• 1.5 Sacks

Muma will once again compete for backup LB snaps and special teams reps. However with the Colts lacking an established starter at one of their Linebacker spots (Weakside) and having an older vet at the other spot, he has a much better shot at earning starting linebacker snaps than with the Jaguars.

Source: https://www.stampedeblue.com/indian...m-jaguars-linebacker-chad-muma-off-of-waivers