D.J., play that song! Colts come away with a slam dunk selection in this latest mainstream 2025 NFL Mock Draft.
According to NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah, the Indianapolis Colts come away happy with the 14th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, selecting prized Penn State tight end Tyler Warren in his latest 2025 NFL Mock Draft 3.0:
14. Indianapolis Colts
Tyler Warren
Penn State · TE · Senior
Whether it’s Anthony Richardson or Daniel Jones starting for the Colts next season, the team needs to help its quarterback with some easy completions. Warren can provide them, and he’ll also be an asset in the run game for Jonathan Taylor.
While I have some doubts that Warren actually slides near midway through the first round to the Colts at #14, similar to the consensus top tight end Brock Bowers last year—who went #13th overall (and became an NFL First-Team All-Pro as a rookie), this would be a slam dunk.
There’s likely some ‘draft fatigue’ with Warren given how long he’s been projected as a possibility for Indianapolis at #14 overall, but let’s not overthink this one—as especially with the Colts already making key free agent upgrades to the secondary, a plus receiving tight end remains one of the team’s biggest remaining roster needs.
Warren can block at a high-level.
Warren can catch at a high-level.
He’s one of the most complete tight end prospects to come out in recent memory.
“During a monstrous senior season for the Nittany Lions, the listed 6’6,” 261 pound tight end recorded 104 receptions for 1,233 receiving yards (11.9 ypr. avg.) and 8 touchdown receptions in 16 starts—earning the John Mackey Award, as well as First-Team All-American, Big Ten Tight of the Year, and First-Team All-Big Ten honors in 2024 respectively.”
The Colts got ‘next to nothing’ from a receiving standpoint from their tight end room last season collectively. Starter Kylen Granson recently signed with the Philadelphia Eagles, while veteran free agent Mo Alie-Cox may soon depart elsewhere as well.
So why not add a dynamic playmaker over the middle of the field that’s been long overdue (and if you squint hard enough, resembles another famous Colts’ tight end #44 from the Big Ten) ahead of a critical year for projected third-year starter Anthony Richardson:
#Colts GM Chris Ballard on the TE position:
“We didn’t get enough production from them… I’ve got to be able to give Shane [Steichen] and them a guy that can really control the middle of the field, that teams have to account for and defend.” pic.twitter.com/HljUDAgxMD
— The Coachspeak Index (@CoachspeakIndex) January 10, 2025
