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Will Fries feels like playing his college ball in the Big Ten East prepared him well for the challenges of the NFL. And it's easy to see why after he spent his college career facing the likes of Chase Young and Nick Bosa on a yearly basis. But there's one player he annually battled who he...

Tues., May 4: "Tell Your Story Tuesday," supported by Faegre Drinker On Tuesday, people will be encouraged to share personal stories about overcoming stigma or their own mental health journey using #KickingTheStigma via social media and with Colts social media accounts. Highlight: Video...

Indianapolis – The Indianapolis Colts today announced that restricted free agent tight end Mo Alie-Cox has signed his tender. Alie-Cox, 6-5, 267 pounds, has appeared in 40 career games (nine starts) in four seasons (2017-20) with Indianapolis and has caught 46 passes for 620 yards and four...

The 2021 NFL Draft is in the books, with the Colts making the following selections: Before we look at a few national experts' grades on the Colts' draft class, though, a word from general manager Chris Ballard on how much these actually matter: "I always laugh at this time of year because...

Indianapolis – The Indianapolis Colts today released running back Paul Perkins. Perkins, 5-11, 208 pounds, has played in 29 career games (five starts) in his time with the Colts (2020), Baltimore Ravens (2019), Jacksonville Jaguars (2019), Detroit Lions (2019) and New York Giants (2016-18). He...

The Indianapolis Colts concluded the 2021 NFL Draft by picking six players, starting with Michigan defensive end Kwity Paye in the first round and ending with Penn State guard Will Fries in the seventh round. Here are five main takeaways from a big weekend. 1. The Colts boosted their defensive...

2. The Colts aren't in "panic mode" at the left tackle position: Irsay and the Colts knew they'd eventually have to find a replacement for their standout veteran left tackle Anthony Castonzo, who pondered retirement prior to the 2020 season before deciding to play one more year. Castonzo then...

Ehlinger had a decorated career at Texas, where he guided the Longhorns to 27 wins — the fourth-most in school history — and became Texas' seventh two-time team captain ever. A true dual-threat standout, Ehlinger played in 46 games with 43 starts, and completed 923-of-1,476 passes (62.5 percent)...

The 2021 NFL Draft is in the books, with the Colts making the following picks: 1st round, 21st overall: Michigan DE Kwity Paye 2nd round, 54th overall: Vanderbilt DE Dayo Odeyingbo 4th round, 127th overall: SMU TE Kylen Granson 5th round, 165th overall: Florida S Shawn Davis 6th round, 218th...

Strachan, who redshirted his true freshman season at Charleston, and then recorded one reception in his redshirt freshman year, burst onto the scene his redshirt sophomore season with the Golden Eagles in 2018. That year, he earned First-Team All-Mountain East Conference honors after hauling in...

Fries, a Cranford, N.J., native, redshirted his true freshman season in 2016 at Penn State, but quickly found his way into the lineup his redshirt freshman season, when he appeared in all 13 games with nine starts and earning Honorable Mention All-Freshman Team honors from BTN.com. Fries...

The Colts used their first selection of Day 3 of the NFL Draft (127th overall) to pick SMU tight end Kylen Granson. The 6-foot-2, 241 pound Granson caught 129 passes for 1,879 yards with 16 touchdowns in four seasons spent at Rice (2016-2017) and SMU (2019-2020). Granson was a First-Team...

Granson originally started his college career at Rice, where he logged 51 receptions for 622 yards and two touchdowns in 15 games his first two seasons. After a coaching change at Rice, Granson — who spent a semester at a community college — decided to transfer to SMU, where he really blossomed...

The Colts used their second selection of Day 3 of the NFL Draft (165th overall) to pick Florida safety Shawn Davis. The 5-foot-11, 202 pound Davis appeared in 37 games (16 starts) with Florida from 2017-2020, totaling 124 tackles, 5 1/2 tackles for a loss, five interceptions and 10 pass...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts drafted Vanderbilt defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo with the 54th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, adding an athletic, versatile player with tremendous upside to their front. And there are three big reasons why the Colts doubled down on building their defensive line...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Colts doubled down on their defensive line Friday evening, picking Vanderbilt's Dayo Odeyingbo with the 54th selection in the 2021 NFL Draft. Adding Odeyingbo came on the heels of the Colts using the 21st overall pick on Michigan defensive end Kwity Paye. "The two young...

While the NFL Combine did not take place in a central location in 2021, prospects took part in athletic testing evaluations at pro days across the country. And few, if any, players in this year's draft had a more impressive athletic testing profile than Kwity Paye. Paye, who's listed at...

The Colts continued to add to their defense in the NFL Draft in drafting Vanderbilt defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo with the 54th overall pick Friday night. The move to draft Odeyingbo comes on the heels of the Colts using the No. 21 overall pick to draft Michigan defensive end Kwity Paye...

At 6-foot-5 and 285 pounds — and with 35 1/4-inch arms — Odeyingbo is officially being listed as a defensive end for now, but he had production all along the defensive line during his four-year career at Vanderbilt. In 41 career games, he tallied 122 total tackles (26.5 for a loss) with 8.0...

INDIANAPOLIS -- For the first time since 2018, the Colts made a first-round pick on Thursday night, drafting Michigan defensive end Kwity Paye with the No. 21 overall pick. For Chris Ballard and the Colts' brain trust, drafting Paye was an "easy" decision. But there were plenty of seemingly...