INDIANAPOLIS – It took a little longer than anticipated, but Nyheim Hines is right where he thought he would be.

Playing again in the NFL.

That might involve returning kicks and perhaps handling a few offensive snaps for the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday when his former team, the Indianapolis Colts, venture into SoFi Stadium.

It would represent a full-circle experience for Hines, a member of the Colts’ transformational 2018 draft class whose promising career was interrupted for two years following a jet-ski accident in July 2023. He tore the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his left knee.

“Trials and tribulations,’’ Hines said of a rehab journey that forced him to miss 2023 and ’24. “There have been a lot of tough days.

“This is a testament of how much you want it

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