The Colts have acquired Vontae Davis from the Dolphins in exchange for a second-round pick and a conditional, undisclosed late-round pick in 2013.

Jim Irsay, the team's owner, had been hinting at a significant trade in recent days. Davis strengthens the Indianapolis defense after he lost his starting job in Miami.

"I think if Vontae were coming out in the 2013 draft, there's no way he'd be there. A guy of this caliber and with this talent level and skill set, he wouldn't be there in the second (round)," Colts coach Chuck Pagano said.

Davis was a first-round pick back in 2009.