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Mia Ramsey
Published Mar 25, 2026
WHAT TEAMS DID COLTON UNDERWOOD PLAY FOR?
Before he was a reality television star, Colton was a football player, trying to make it big in the NFL.
Underwood played his college football days at Illinois State University, where he followed in his father’s footsteps and played for the Illinois State Redbirds.
He entered the 2014 NFL Draft but went undrafted.
In May 2014, Underwood signed with the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent, however, he was waived two months later.
In September of that same year the Philadelphia Eagles signed him to their practice squad for less than a week before he was waived again.
He was signed to the Chargers practice squad and signed a contract. However, a year later he was waived.
In 2015, he was signed to the Raiders practice squad but was released in 2016, marking the end of his professional football career.
