{"id":745541,"date":"2026-02-11T20:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/745541\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T20:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:14:18","slug":"nfl-com-ranks-colts-2025-draft-class-as-below-average-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/745541\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL.com ranks Colts\u2019 2025 draft class as below average so far"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to NFL.com, the initial returns on the Indianapolis Colts 2025 draft class (ranked #21 here) are below average league-wide, as rather predictably, rookie first round pick Tyler Warren has so far carried their latest class: <\/a><\/p>\n

Rank
21
Indianapolis Colts<\/p>\n

Grade: B-<\/p>\n

Draft picks:
Round 1 (No. 14):\u00a0TE\u00a0Tyler Warren<\/a>\u00a0| 17 games\/12 starts
Round 2 (No. 45):\u00a0Edge\u00a0JT Tuimoloau<\/a>\u00a0| 13 games\/0 starts
Round 3 (No. 80):\u00a0CB\u00a0Justin Walley<\/a>\u00a0| 0 games\/starts
Round 4 (No. 127):\u00a0OT\u00a0Jalen Travis<\/a>\u00a0| 17 games\/4 starts
Round 5 (No. 151):\u00a0RB\u00a0DJ Giddens<\/a>\u00a0| 9 games\/0 starts
Round 6 (No. 189):\u00a0QB\u00a0Riley Leonard<\/a>\u00a0| 5 games\/1 start
Round 6 (No. 190):\u00a0DT\u00a0Tim Smith<\/a>\u00a0| 0 games\/starts
Round 7 (No. 232):\u00a0LB\u00a0Hunter Wohler<\/a>\u00a0| 0 games\/starts<\/p>\n

Notable free-agent signings:
Johnathan Edwards\u00a0| 14 games\/5 starts<\/p>\n

Analysis:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Indianapolis won eight of its first 10 games, becoming one of the biggest stories in the league. But after the Week 11 bye, the Colts didn\u2019t record another victory, crashing out of the playoffs and into a second straight 8-9 finish. Tyler Warren\u2019s debut season reflected the Colts\u2019 campaign as a whole. Through Week 10, the rookie led\u00a0all NFL tight ends\u00a0in receiving yards, becoming one of the leading candidates for Offensive Rookie of the Year. But after the Week 11 bye, Warren\u2019s production fell off a cliff, ultimately precluding him from even being an\u00a0OROY finalist. The decline is stark:<\/p>\n

Warren\u2019s rookie season
Weeks 1-10
Weeks 12-18
Receptions
50
26
Receiving yards
617
200
Yards per reception
12.3
7.7
Yards after catch
373
101
Receiving TDs
3
1<\/p>\n

Now, there\u2019s important context here.\u00a0Daniel Jones\u00a0first popped up in the injury report in Week 12 \u2014 with NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport later reporting that the quarterback was playing through\u00a0a fractured fibula\u00a0\u2014 and then\u00a0tore his Achilles\u00a0in Week 14. Obviously, just like the rest of the Colts, Warren suffered without his QB1.<\/p>\n

Having selected Warren with the 14th overall pick, Warren was as great as advertised, immediately making an impact. He brought sure hands, versatility, and overall physicality. The rookie caught 76 receptions for 817 total receiving yards and 4 touchdown receptions, as well as ran for another one on the ground along the goal line.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, season-ending injuries limited the Colts 2025 rookie class to some extent, as both cornerback Justin Walley and safety Hunter Wohler suffered season-ending injuries during training camp and preseason respectively.<\/p>\n

That being said, there were some bright spots eeven outside of Warren, including promising rookie right tackle Jalen Travis, who made 4 starts in relief of veteran Braden Smith down the stretch, as well as first-year quarterback Riley Leonard who showed promise receiving his first career start in the Colts regular season finale against the Houston Texans vaunted defense.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not really fair to put a final grade on a rookie class after just one season, but it\u2019s also fair to point out that there\u2019s room for improvement with this group.<\/p>\n

In particular, the Colts will need to get more production from their 2nd round pick JT Tuimoloau, who was limited to 13 games and 0 sacks, as well as Walley, from Round 3, who of course suffered the devastating injury after such an impressive training camp performance. Hopefully, their best is still yet to come collectively!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to NFL.com, the initial returns on the Indianapolis Colts 2025 draft class (ranked #21 here) are below…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":745542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[2005,2772,7,2436,253,2676,2004,392,2381,1989,298,1008,6,747,589],"class_list":["post-745541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indianapolis-colts","tag-colts","tag-daniel-jones","tag-football","tag-giddens","tag-houston-texans","tag-hunter-wohler","tag-indianapolis","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-indianapoliscolts","tag-jalen-travis","tag-jt-tuimoloau","tag-justin-walley","tag-nfl","tag-riley-leonard","tag-tyler-warren"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116053833923089619","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745541","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=745541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}