
Draft Note by John Paulsen
Warren's rookie numbers present an interesting puzzle. He finished TE7 overall in his first NFL season but only TE11 on a per-game basis at 9.1 points per game, and his ESPN receiver scores were near the bottom of the tight end sample—9th percentile in OPEN score and 8th percentile OVERALL—suggesting he struggled to consistently create separation against NFL coverage. At the same time, his PFF metrics told a different story: 75th percentile in YPRR and an 88th percentile YAC per reception, indicating that when he did get the ball, he did real damage. The 68th percentile route grade contradicts the OPEN score. He also runs a high percentage of routes from the slot (68th percentile), which helps. The key stat: In 12 games with Daniel Jones, Warren averaged 4.8 catches for 57 yards and 0.33 touchdowns, or 10.7 fantasy points per game. Those numbers were good enough to finish in the top five last season.
Tyler Warren
- TE
- , Indianapolis Colts
- 24
- 257 lbs
- 6' 6"
- Penn State
- 53
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Warren's rookie numbers present an interesting puzzle. He finished TE7 overall in his first NFL season but only TE11 on a per-game basis at 9.1 points per game, and his ESPN receiver scores were near the bottom of the tight end sample—9th percentile in OPEN score and 8th percentile OVERALL—suggesting he struggled to consistently create separation against NFL coverage. At the same time, his PFF metrics told a different story: 75th percentile in YPRR and an 88th percentile YAC per reception, indicating that when he did get the ball, he did real damage. The 68th percentile route grade contradicts the OPEN score. He also runs a high percentage of routes from the slot (68th percentile), which helps. The key stat: In 12 games with Daniel Jones, Warren averaged 4.8 catches for 57 yards and 0.33 touchdowns, or 10.7 fantasy points per game. Those numbers were good enough to finish in the top five last season.
2026 Strength of Schedule - IND
| W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | W18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 BAL | 27 @KC | 15 HOU | 32 @WAS | 29 @PIT | 20 TEN | 16 @MIN | 28 @JAX | 9 DAL | 30 MIA | 15 @HOU | 6 NYG | BYE | 3 @PHI | 20 @TEN | 31 CIN | 7 @CLE | 28 JAX |
Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.
Game Stats
| Week | Opp | Rec | RecYds | RecTD | Tgts | YPR | RuAtt | RuYds | RuTD | Fum | YPC | STD | 0.5 PPR | PPR | Snaps | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MIA | 7 | 76 | 0 | 9 | 10.86 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 7.9 | 11.40 | 14.9 | 53/73 | 72.6% |
| 2 | DEN | 4 | 79 | 0 | 7 | 19.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.9 | 9.90 | 11.9 | 66/71 | 93.0% |
| 3 | @TEN | 3 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 12.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.8 | 5.30 | 6.8 | 39/57 | 68.4% |
| 4 | @LAR | 5 | 70 | 0 | 6 | 14.00 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 | 13.3 | 15.80 | 18.3 | 54/61 | 88.5% |
| 5 | LV | 4 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 10.4 | 12.40 | 14.4 | 47/66 | 71.2% |
| 6 | ARI | 6 | 63 | 1 | 9 | 10.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.3 | 15.30 | 18.3 | 52/59 | 88.1% |
| 7 | @LAC | 4 | 69 | 1 | 5 | 17.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.9 | 14.90 | 16.9 | 55/60 | 91.7% |
| 8 | TEN | 4 | 53 | 0 | 5 | 13.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.3 | 7.30 | 9.3 | 39/53 | 73.6% |
| 9 | @PIT | 5 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 5.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.6 | 5.10 | 7.6 | 66/78 | 84.6% |
| 10 | ATL | 8 | 99 | 0 | 10 | 12.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.9 | 13.90 | 17.9 | 68/77 | 88.3% |
| 11 | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | @KC | 5 | 45 | 0 | 7 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.5 | 7.00 | 9.5 | 44/51 | 86.3% |
| 13 | HOU | 3 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 7.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.2 | 9.70 | 11.2 | 47/54 | 87.0% |
| 14 | @JAX | 2 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 7.50 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 1.7 | 2.70 | 3.7 | 65/70 | 92.9% |
| 15 | @SEA | 3 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 6.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.9 | 3.40 | 4.9 | 49/60 | 81.7% |
| 16 | SF | 3 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 4.50 | 6.0 | 53/60 | 88.3% |
| 17 | JAX | 5 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 8.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.3 | 6.80 | 9.3 | 49/57 | 86.0% |
| 18 | @HOU | 5 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 5.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.6 | 5.10 | 7.6 | 53/65 | 81.5% |
| Per game | 4.47 | 48.06 | 0.24 | 6.59 | 10.75 | 0.35 | 0.47 | 0.06 | 0 | 1.33 | 6.62 | 8.85 | 11.09 | 52.88/63.06 | 83.75% | |
| Totals | 76 | 817 | 4 | 112 | 10.75 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1.33 | 112.5 | 150.5 | 188.5 | 899/1072 | 83.75% | |






