{"id":42708,"date":"2025-05-11T22:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T22:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/42708\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T22:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T22:26:11","slug":"report-indianapolis-colts-free-agent-running-back-lands-with-another-afc-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/42708\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Indianapolis Colts free agent running back lands with another AFC opponent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Indianapolis Colts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> running back and free agent, Trey Sermon, is reportedly signing a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FOX Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> FOX Sports <\/a>NFL insider Jordan Schultz.<\/p>\n<p>Sermon was with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Colts<\/a> each of the last two seasons, and stepped into the primary backup role this past year.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>On 56 rush attempts in 2024, Sermon averaged 2.8 yards per attempt with two touchdowns. He would also catch 16-of-18 passes for 99 yards, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to PFF;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">according to PFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Taylor will, of course, continue to lead the way at running back for the Colts, but the depth chart behind him has been reshaped a bit. In free agency, GM Chris Ballard would sign Khalil Herbert, and he then <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/colts-rookie-rb-dj-giddens-131012374.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:selected DJ Giddens;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">selected DJ Giddens<\/a> in the NFL draft.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/colts-more-production-backup-running-181547749.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ballard would mention;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ballard would mention <\/a>at the NFL combine earlier this offseason that the Colts needed more production from the backup running back roles behind Taylor this season.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2025\/05\/11\/indianapolis-colts-free-agent-running-back-trey-sermon-lands-with-another-afc-opponent\/83572014007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NFL free agency: Steelers sign former Colts&#039; RB Trey Sermon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NFL free agency: Steelers sign former Colts&#8217; RB Trey Sermon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Indianapolis Colts running back and free agent, Trey Sermon, is reportedly signing a one-year deal with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[5422,2005,2045,7,194,2004,392,2381,1753,6085,4976,6,57,7501],"class_list":{"0":"post-42708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-chris-ballard","9":"tag-colts","10":"tag-dj-giddens","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-free-agent","13":"tag-indianapolis","14":"tag-indianapolis-colts","15":"tag-indianapoliscolts","16":"tag-jonathan-taylor","17":"tag-jordan-schultz","18":"tag-khalil-herbert","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","21":"tag-trey-sermon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114491554782280715","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}