INDIANAPOLIS – Al Woods would seem entirely too big to go under anyone’s radar.

How, exactly, do you forget about a guy who stands 6-4 and weighs every bit of 330 pounds? And how do you overlook a guy who has hands the size of dinner plates?

Ignore him if you wish, but Woods is hardly the least consequential guy on the massive list of roster additions the Indianapolis Colts made during their busy 2017 offseason. In fact, after watching him during this training camp, the team’s coaches have even more reason to believe this veteran defensive lineman can have a significant and immediate impact.

He might not have the name recognition of a Johnathan Hankins or the play-making potential of Malik Hooker. But Woods is going to have a meaningful role on the Colts defense in 2017.

That much we already know. What’s now coming into focus are the details of that role.

Woods is listed as a nose tackle, and he certainly fits that profile. But if you’re making assumptions about Woods’ game — that he’ll be a run-of-the-mill space-eater in the middle — you might have to adjust your thinking.

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“I pretty much have played every position there is during this journey I’ve been going through in my career,” said Woods, now on his fifth team in eight NFL seasons. “I’ve played defensive tackle and defensive end in a 4-3, I’ve played nose tackle in a 3-4, defensive end in a 3-4. I just try to bring a little bit of that with me every day.”

Coach Chuck Pagano is taking an open-minded approach after a week of camp.

“We’re not going to pigeonhole him and say he’s only a first and second-down run-stopping interior lineman,” Pagano said of Woods.

Woods’ performance in camp has solidified the coaching staff’s decision to use Woods on a key defensive subpackage the Colts will deploy against offenses that run out of spread formations (i.e. three-wide receiver sets). The idea is to have defensive linemen on the field who can nimbly defend the run or pass, and the Colts think Woods, with his underrated quickness, is ideally suited. This role will be in addition to Woods being, presumably, the starting nose tackle in the base defense.

Woods only has 3.5 sacks in his career, and it’s not likely that number is going to increase significantly in 2017. But that doesn’t mean he can’t be a factor against the passing game, at nose tackle or someplace else.

“I think I can have a tremendous presence,” Woods said. “I can push the pocket. That’s one of the things I’ve been working hard on during the offseason on my own. Run defense always came easy to me because I was a bigger guy. But this pass-rush thing was kind of a challenge.”

To that end, Woods came up with a routine in which he would walk the length of the field, practicing a pass-rush technique every five yards, for 100 yards. The process would continue up and down, back and forth, until Woods could perfect the move at full speed.

The next step? The Colts hope it’s Woods doing it on Sundays against opposing offenses.

At which point, no one is likely to overlook Woods.

Good news on Hankins

Big-ticket defensive lineman Hankins suffered an ankle injury in Saturday’s night practice and sat out Sunday’s practice with a walking boot on his left foot. But Pagano said afterward that an MRI exam Sunday morning showed nothing more than a mild sprain. Hankins is considered day-to-day. In Hankins’ absence, T.Y. McGill enjoyed an expanded role Sunday, running with the first-team defense.

Also on the mend: Receiver Donte Moncrief, who suffered a shoulder sprain Thursday and hasn’t practiced since. Pagano said there was a “high probability” Moncrief would return for the Colts’ next practice, scheduled for Tuesday morning.

Nothing to see on Luck

Quarterback Andrew Luck’s presence at practice Saturday night and Sunday afternoon prompted questions about whether he’s close to a return more than seven months after right shoulder surgery. Pagano said nothing had changed to suggest Luck’s activation from the physically unable to perform list was imminent.

“I wouldn’t read too much into it if I was you,” Pagano said.

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