INDIANAPOLIS — Parker Suddeth and his girlfriend discovered themselves stranded on an Indianapolis interstate final week with a shredded rear tire.
The one that got here to their support is similar particular person the Indianapolis Colts are hoping lifts their franchise to the following degree.
Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson pulled over to assist after noticing Suddeth’s determined makes an attempt to flag down passing automobiles, his agent, Deiric Jackson, confirmed to ESPN.
Anthony Richardson pulled over to assist a stranger stranded on the freeway with a flat tire.
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Suddeth instructed WXIN-59 that he was having problem with the final remaining lug nut and couldn’t take away the tire.
Richardson, 21, gave Suddeth and his girlfriend, Zoe Reuter, a experience to a close-by auto components retailer to get the mandatory instruments. Richardson gave the couple $200 he had on him to pay for a brand new tire.
Suddeth mentioned he did not notice who Richardson was till they struck up a dialog within the quarterback’s automobile.
“I requested, ‘Hey, what do you do for a residing?'” Suddeth mentioned. “He mentioned, ‘I am a soccer participant. … I play for the Colts.'”
Suddeth put the items collectively and realized Richardson’s id, responding, “I suppose I am a fan now.”
Suddeth posted the encounter on Instagram this week. Richardson did not even point out it to Jackson, who referred to as him upon seeing viral social media posts.
Richardson mentioned he stopped to assist on his technique to a gathering. He mentioned he was early so, “why not?”
That small resolution ended up being a giant deal for Suddeth and Reuter.
“It is slightly bit life-changing,” Reuter instructed the station. “As a result of, in any other case, I’d have needed to go and spend all the cash I’d have spent on my fuel tank on the tires.”
Richardson, the fourth general decide within the 2023 draft, is rehabbing after a season-ending shoulder surgical procedure lower quick his rookie season. He not too long ago resumed throwing and is anticipated to be totally recovered earlier than coaching camp.
