Colts Sign CB Deshea Townsend

Free agnet cornerback Deshea Townsend has signed with the Indianapolis Colts, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports.

Terms were not disclosed.

Townsend, 34, has spent his entire 12-year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who drafted Townsend in the fourth-round (117th overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft out of Alabama.

In 183 career games, Townsend (5-10, 190) has 21 interceptions, three he's returned for touchdowns, and 15.5 quarterback sacks. Townsend has been a reserve cornerback for the Steelers over the last two seasons, and will compete with Jacob Lacey and Ray Fisher for the team's nickel cornerback role.

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