39 Marvell Tell SAF

Tell informed the Colts on Wednesday that he will opt out of the 2020 season, Joel A. Erickson of The Indianapolis Star reports.

Tell played a healthy reserve role in Indianapolis as a rookie in 2019, and he looked in line to compete for increased opportunities in 2020 before opting out. He'll look forward to rejoining the Colts in 2021.

Tell posted 26 tackles and five pass breakups over 13 games in 2019.

The rookie fifth-round pick played safety at USC but converted to corner with the Colts. He was a healthy inactive on three occasions but still managed to play 24.5 percent of defensive snaps in 2019. Tell will compete for an increased role next year, but a starting gig may be tough to win with the team's top four corners all returning.

The Colts selected Tell in the fifth round of the 2019 NFL Draft, 144th overall.

Tell (6-foot-2, 198 pounds) is a lanky safety who can cover a lot of ground between his 80-inch wingspan, 42-inch vertical, and 136-inch broad jump. His agility score of 10.64 is superb, as well. They don't come much more toolsy than that, and he was otherwise a four-year contributor and two-year starter at USC. He might wind up the better safety between himself and Colts fourth-round pick Khari Willis.