Adam Vinatieri puts Indiana home on the market

Free agent Adam Vinatieri’s kicker still doesn’t know if he’s going to play this year.

If he ends up with the Colts, he may have to rent, however.

According to Jim Ayello of Indianapolis Star, Vinatieri puts his house in the suburbs of Carmel, Ind. On the market this week.

The 12,285 square foot home sits on 14.58 acres and has six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, an indoor pool, exercise room, sauna, home theater, garage for five cars, one greenhouse and woods outside. He bought it for $ 1.3 million in 2012 and offers it for $ 2.25 million.

Vinatieri, 47, has just had an injury-stricken season in which he missed a record 14 league kicks. The Colts left the door open for a possible comeback, signing rookie Rodrigo Blankenship not drafted to compete with Chase McLaughlin at the moment.

Vinatieri told Mike Chappell of Fox59.com in April that he would like to start again, pending his rehabilitation. He was on track to recover from last year’s knee problems in June, but the COVID-19 pandemic that shut down many facilities has complicated the process.

“If I can’t come back, that’s what it is,” said Vinatieri. “I would love to play again, but if not, it’s part of the agreement. If after 24 years you are not at peace with what you have done in your career, then you are a moron. What else? I always wanted to be a good father and a good husband. Football is what I do, it doesn’t define me.

“That said, my definition of Adam Vinatieri, the football player, is that he had a pretty good run. If it is not in the cards and I do not come back – and I do not say that – then, yes, I will be at peace. “

Players sell houses all the time – Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford put his on the market this season because she was surrounded by water and her family has small children – but Vinatieri’s lack of contract could make this real estate transaction more revealing.