WESTFIELD, Ind. (WISH) — The Indianapolis Colts are getting ready for their first night practice of training camp.

The team will hit the field at 8 p.m. EDT on Thursday for a two-hour practice at Grand Park in Westfield, Ind.

Following each practice at camp, a group of players always makes sure to sign autographs for fans. Some of those autographs are on mini footballs that the players will actually sign and pass out to the kids in attendance.

Colts kicker Spencer Shrader found a unique way to “hand out” those mini footballs following Tuesday’s practice.

He lined up like he was kicking field goals and actually kicked the mini footballs into the crowd.

Click on the video above to watch.

Shrader, who kicked in college at South Florida and at Notre Dame, is currently in the middle of a competition with Maddux Trujillo to become the team’s kicker for the 2025 season.

“So far, I think it’s been a good competition,” Colts special teams coordinator Brian Mason said on Tuesday. “It’s still early. Last week, we had two kicking sessions on our own where we’ll chart, because we’re going to try and get as much data on those guys as we possibly can.”

Last year, Shrader made three extra points for the Colts during the regular season. He ended up also spending time with the Jets and Chiefs during the season. Overall, by the end of the year, he was 5-of-5 on field goal attempts and 9-of-9 on extra point attempts during the regular season.

“Just being able to have an opportunity to come here and be able to kick and be able to meet all these awesome people, be around my teammates,” Shrader said back in June during the Colts’ offseason workouts. “And then that inspires you to give them your best every single day and continue to work hard. Then if you do give it your all and you do work hard, then you get more opportunities.”

Last year’s starting kicker for the Colts, Matt Gay, was released by the team in April after two seasons in Indy. Gay was 64-of-78 on his field goal attempts when he was with the Colts.

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