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Top Colts News
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Colts' Nick Cross: Career year in 2024
Cross tallied 146 total tackles (87 solo), including 1.0 sacks, five passes defended, with three interceptions, and one forced fumble over 17 games in 2024.
The third-year pro from Maryland experienced a significant jump in production during his first full season as a starter, setting career highs in total tackles, sacks, passes defended and interceptions while playing 1,111 defensive snaps. Cross finished as the Colts' second-leading tackler, with his 146 stops ranking ninth in the NFL in 2024. His three interceptions also tied Julian Blackmon and Kenny Moore for the most on the Colts' defense. Cross is entering the final season of his rookie deal in 2025, after which he will become an unrestricted free agent. He's expected to continue starting on the Colts' defense next season, serving as one of the team's top playmakers in the secondary.
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Colts' Zaire Franklin: Another productive season
Franklin recorded 173 total tackles (93 solo), including 3.5 sacks, six passes defended, with two interceptions, and five forced fumbles over 17 games in 2024.
Franklin continues to demonstrate why he's one of the NFL's top inside linebackers, having recorded a league-leading 519 total tackles while missing just one game across the last three seasons. He led the NFL in tackles for the first time of his career in 2024, tallying nine more stops than Budda Baker, who ranked second. Franklin is under contract through the 2027 season, so he's likely to remain in Indianapolis next season. Despite the Colts' defensive struggles (ninth-most points allowed in 2024), Franklin has remained one of the NFL's most impactful linebackers and is projected to maintain that status in 2025.
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Colts' E.J. Speed: Notches 142 stops in 2024
Speed tallied 142 total tackles (93 solo) and five passes defended, including one interception, across 17 games in 2024.
The Tarleton State product had the most productive season of his career in 2024, setting new career highs in total tackles and passes defended, while also nabbing the first interception of his career. Despite finishing the season as Indianapolis' third-leading tackler, Speed recorded the 12th-most stops in the NFL. Coming off a career year, Speed is set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer. He's expected to be a sought after player, likely signing a multi-year deal with a team in need of inside linebacker help this offseason.
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Colts' Jaylon Jones: Impresses as starter
Jones tallied 100 total tackles (66 solo), 12 passes defended, including two interceptions, and forced one fumble across 17 games in 2024.
Jones was one of four players on the Colts' defense to record 100-plus tackles this season, starting all 17 of the team's games. The second-year pro from Texas A&M has now started 27 of the 34 regular-season contest he's appeared in, leading Indianapolis in passes defended and tying for second in interceptions in 2024. With two years remaining on his rookie contract, Jones is expected remain with the Colts in 2025. The 22-year-old is likely to remain continue serving as one of Indianapolis' top outside cornerbacks next season after an impressive 2024 campaign.
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Colts' Taven Bryan: Logs mostly rotational role in 2024
Bryan ended the regular season with 20 tackles, including 1.0 sacks, a defensed pass and a fumble recovery over 17 games during the regular season.
Bryan started on defense in Weeks 2-7 but reverted to a rotational role and didn't log more than 34 percent of the Colts' defensive snaps in any game thereafter. He's been a reliably healthy player throughout his career, playing in all 17 regular-season games each of the past two seasons and never missing more than two contests in any of his seven NFL campaigns, but his production and role haven't warranted IDP consideration. Bryan is set to be an unrestricted free agent upon the beginning of the offseason.
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Colts' Tyquan Lewis: Has injury-disrupted 2024 season
Lewis posted 24 tackles, including 1.5 sacks, and forced one fumble over 10 games during the regular season.
After playing in all 17 contests in 2023, Lewis missed seven games in 2024 due to a calf injury. He still finished with just one fewer tackle than in the previous campaign, but his sacks total fell from 4.0 to 1.5. In 2025, Lewis will be in the second year of the two-year contract extension he inked last March.
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Colts' Dayo Odeyingbo: Sees sacks total fall in 2024
Odeyingbo produced 31 tackles, including 3.0 sacks, along with two forced fumbles and a recovered fumble over 17 regular-season games.
For the third straight year, Odeyingbo played in all 17 regular-season contests. Despite the fact that he logged 120 more defensive snaps than in 2023, his total sacks dropped by over half, from 8.0 to 3.0. Odeyingbo is set to become an unrestricted free agent, and it's unclear if Indianapolis will look to bring him back.
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Colts' Jaylon Carlies: Records 36 tackles as rookie
Carlies finished with 36 tackles, including 1.0 sacks, along with one defensed pass across 10 contests during the regular season in 2024.
After being drafted in the fifth round of last April's NFL Draft, Carlies worked largely in a rotational role, though he did make six starts. He played more than half of Indianapolis' defensive snaps just once, recording 10 tackles Week 16 against Tennessee. Carlies also endured a stint on IR due to a lower-leg injury but returned in time to play in the Colts' final three contests of the campaign. He'll be in the second year of his rookie contract in 2025.
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Colts' Samuel Womack: Records two pickoffs in 2024
Womack notched 36 tackles (26 solo) and nine defensed passes, including two interceptions, in 17 games during the regular season.
After working mostly on special teams in his first two NFL campaigns, Womack started eight contests in 2024 and unsurprisingly put up the best numbers of his career. His nine defensed passes ranked second for Indianapolis, and he collected multiple pickoffs in a campaign for the first time as a pro. Womack will be in the final year of his rookie contract next season.
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Colts' Grant Stuard: Gets most defensive snaps of career
Stuard tallied 40 tackles (25 solo) over 17 regular-season games in 2024.
While Stuard still saw the majority of his work on special teams, he logged 220 defensive snaps during the campaign, far exceeding the 54 he had recorded over his first 49 NFL regular-season contests combined. The Houston product started five games and exploded in one of those, posting 19 tackles -- almost half of his entire season total -- in Week 7 versus Miami. Stuard is set to become an unrestricted free agent and could seek a bigger role elsewhere, though his most likely role moving forward is to continue as a special-teams ace and depth defender.
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Colts' Kwity Paye: Paces team in sacks in 2024
Paye registered 41 tackles, including 8.0 sacks, while logging a defensed pass and a forced fumble over 15 contests during the regular season.
Paye put up similar numbers as in 2023, logging 0.5 less sacks and 11 fewer tackles in one less game. His 8.0 sacks led Indianapolis and ranked as the second-highest mark of his four-year career. The Colts exercised Paye's fifth-year team option for 2025, so he's slated to be a key part of the team's defensive line again next year.
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Colts' DeForest Buckner: Production hurt by injury in 2024
Buckner tallied 61 tackles, including 6.5 sacks, along with a defensed pass over 12 games during the regular season.
After playing in every regular-season game for Indianapolis during the previous three campaigns, Buckner missed five contests in 2024 due to an ankle injury. He remained productive when healthy, though, ranking second on the Colts in sacks and finishing with just 1.5 fewer than he logged in each of the previous two seasons. Buckner signed a two-year contract extension last April and should be a vital part of Indianapolis' defensive line again in 2025.
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Colts' Grover Stewart: Notches career-high 74 tackles
Stewart made 74 tackles (29 solo), including 3.5 sacks, across 17 regular-season games with the Colts in 2024. He also had one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
Stewart continues to play at a high level while anchoring the interior of Indianapolis' defensive line. The 31-year-old veteran, who is coming off a career year, has two seasons remaining on his deal with the Colts, though the team has a potential 'out' to weigh after the 2025 campaign.
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Colts' Kenny Moore: Makes 78 stops in 2024
Moore racked up 78 tackles (51 solo), including 0.5 sacks, across 15 regular-season games with the Colts in 2024. He also had seven passes defensed, including three interceptions, one fumble recovery and one defensive touchdown.
Moore compiled another solid season with Indianapolis in 2024, leaving him with two more years on his contract with the team. He'll reprise his role as the Colts' top slot cornerback during the 2025 campaign, a gig that figures to continue providing Moore with fringe fantasy value in IDP formats.
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Team Statistical Rankings
Rushing | Passing | Overall | |
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Off. |
137.1 (8th) |
211.7 (27th) |
334.8 (13th) |
Def. |
131.8 (24th) |
243.6 (25th) |
361.2 (29th) |
Injuries
Player | Injury |
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M. Pittman WR Michael Pittman WR | Back |
A. Richardson QB Anthony Richardson QB | Back |
L. Latu DE Laiatu Latu DE | Shoulder |
J. Blackmon FS Julian Blackmon FS | Shoulder - Labrum |
S. Ebukam DE Samson Ebukam DE | Achilles |