Bernhard Raimann

CAREER TRANSACTIONS:

• Selected by the Colts in the third round (77th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft.

2024 SEASON (COLTS):

• In 2024, he started 14 games. In Week 2 at GB, he started at left tackle for a line that paved the way for Jonathan Taylor to rush for 103 yards. In Week 3 vs. CHI, he anchored a line at left tackle that led the way for Taylor to accumulate 110 yards on the ground, and eclipse the 100-yard threshold in consecutive games. In Weeks 6 and 7, he started at left tackle for a line that didn't allow any sacks. In Week 13 at NE, he was a part of a line that didn't allow any sacks. In Week 16 vs. TEN, he started at left tackle for a line that paved the way for 335 team rushing yards, a single-game franchise record. He also blocked for Taylor to register 218 yards on the ground, the third-most individual single-game rushing yards in team history.

2023 SEASON (COLTS):

• In 2023, he started 15 games at left tackle. In Week 2 at HOU, he started at left tackle and was part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack. In Week 3 at BAL, he started at left tackle for a line that paved the way for Zack Moss to rush for a career-high 122 yards. In Week 10 at NE, he started at left tackle for a line that didn't allow a sack. In Week 18 vs. HOU, he started at right tackle for a line that paved the way for the offense to rush for 227 yards, including Jonathan Taylor rushing for a single-game single-season high 188 yards.

2022 SEASON (COLTS):

• He appeared in 16 games (11 starts) in 2022 at left tackle. He made his first career start in Week 5 at DEN. In Week 10 at LV, he was part of an offensive line that paved the way for the Colts to rush for 207 yards.

COLLEGE:

• Appeared in 44 games (29 starts) at Central Michigan (2018-21) and made 18 starts at left tackle and 11 starts at tight end.
• In 2021, he was named a First Team All-MAC choice after he started all 12 games at left tackle and helped the Central Michigan offense average 32.21 points per game and 179.2 rushing yards per game. Named the MAC Medal of Excellence award winner, which is presented annually to one male and one female student-athlete from each of the MAC schools. The student had to compete in a varsity sport, have at least a 3.5 grade-point average and show athletics excellence, leadership and service.
• Started all six games at left tackle in 2020 and helped pave the way for an offense that averaged 218.2 rushing yards per game. Named to Phil Steele's All-MAC Fourth Team and garnered Academic All-MAC accolades.
• In 2019, he saw action in 14 games (seven starts) at tight end and compiled 10 receptions for 76 yards. Named an Academic All-MAC selection. In a win against Toledo, he tallied a single-season career-high 21-yard reception.
• Competed in 12 games (four starts) in 2018 and registered 10 receptions for 88 yards. Recorded single-game career highs in receptions (three) and receiving yards (26) against Kansas.

PERSONAL:

• Played one season of football at Delton Kellogg (Mich.) High School as a foreign exchange student his junior year before returning to Austria.
• Competed at wide receiver in high school and helped his team reach the postseason for the first time since 2001.
• Also lettered in wrestling and track at Delton Kellogg.
• Received offers from Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan after one season of high school football.
• Competed in the 2022 Senior Bowl.
• His host father, Rollie Ferris, played offensive line at Central Michigan (1995-97). Rollie's son, Tyden, played at CMU from 2018-22 and spent the 2023 season at Georgia State.
• After his high school graduation, he had to complete a six-month military service obligation in Austria and officially grayshirted the 2017 season.
• First encountered football as a 14-year-old with the American football club Vienna Vikings in Austria. Began career as a wide receiver, participated on the U19 national team and won the Austrian Bowl in his last year.
• Participated in the NFL's My Cause My Cleats initiative and represented Head for the Cure (2024) and Kicking the Stigma (2023).
• Graduated with a double major in actuarial science and statistics.
• Has gained nearly 90 pounds since he arrived in the U.S.
• First name is pronounced BERR-nard.
• Last name is pronounced RY-man.
• Is married to his wife, Calli. They have a daughter, Charlotte.
• A native of Vienna, Austria.