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Another mainstream mock draft, another popular fan pick to the Colts.
According to NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein, the Indianapolis Colts will select top Penn State tight end Tyler Warren with the 14th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft in his Mock 3.0:
Pick 14
Indianapolis Colts
Tyler Warren
Penn State · TE · Senior
I would love to go in a different direction with a roster that feels in need of a truly bold shakeup (drafting Shedeur Sanders?!), but the Colts could use a big target at tight end with the mindset to fit in as a run blocker. Warren is a safe pick, but he’s not a lock here.
Regarding Warren, the 6’5.5,” 256 pound tight end caught 104 receptions for 1,233 total receiving yards (11.9 ypr. avg.) and 8 touchdown receptions during 16 starts this past season—earning the John Mackey Award, First-Team All-American, Big Ten Tight End of the Year, and First-Team All-Big Ten honors.
Warren has sheer size, sure hands, athleticism, and the high impact ability to block. Quite frankly, he’s one of the most complete tight end prospects to come out in recent memory.
The Colts have gotten very little receiving-wise from their tight end room as of late, and there’s no question that Warren would be an immediate and significant upgrade.
In particular, he would provide a playmaker over the middle of the field for either 3rd-year starter Anthony Richardson, who could use another high-end security blanket, or even the top challenger, veteran free agent quarterback Daniel Jones.
It feels like I’ve written about Warren ad nauseam at this point because he’s been projected to the Colts near midway through the first round in many mainstream mock drafts to-date.
It’s a fair question of whether Warren will actually be available at the 14th overall pick too, similar to how the Colts barely missed out on NFL All-Pro tight end Brock Bowers last year.
That being said, if he is, this would be a ‘slam dunk’ pick for Indianapolis. To me, it’s a similar first round pick to Quenton Nelson and Ryan Kelly of the franchise’s past where the Colts would be selecting a ‘play-and-play’ perennial AFC Pro Bowler for many years to come.
