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PFF grades for Tyler Warren and Indianapolis Colts’ tight ends
What grades from PFF did the current group of Indianapolis Colts’ tight ends receive for their performances last season?
(This story was updated to correct a typo.)
What grades from Pro Football Focus did the current group of Indianapolis Colts’ tight ends receive for their performances last season?
The addition of Tyler Warren to this room gives the Colts that much-needed passing game presence at the tight end position. Last season, the entire Colts’ tight end room combined for just 467 receiving yards on the year.
As GM Chris Ballard described after the draft, Warren can particularly be a real threat over the middle of the field, where his combination of size and athleticism makes him a difficult matchup.
However, his impact will go well beyond the passing game. Warren’s ability as a run-blocker and overall versatility, which allows him to be moved around the formation, adds some unpredictability to the offense with the variety of roles he can fill.
While Warren will be leading the way, in Shane Steichen’s offense that often uses two tight end sets, we will still see plenty of the other tight ends on the Colts’ depth chart.
Mo Alie-Cox and Drew Ogletree can fill those primary blocking roles as they have done, while Will Mallory or Jelani Woods could be the more pass-catching heavy option. However, not all four of those players are likely to make the final 53-man roster.
Now, as far as PFF’s grading system goes, I always want to add the caveat that this metric is far from the be-all end-all when it comes to evaluating a player’s performance. It is one tool out of many that are out there and should be treated as such.
For some context around these metrics, here is a look at PFF’s grading system to provide some context behind the numbers:
- 90.0+: Elite
- 80-89.9: High quality
- 70-79.9: Good
- 60-69.9: Above average
- 50-59.9: Average
- 40-49.9: Below average
- 39.9 or less: Poor
Alright, now let’s dive in.
Mo Alie-Cox
PFF grade: 64.5
Of Alie-Cox’s 475 snaps, 313 of them came as a blocker. In the run game, he ranked 15th among all tight ends in run-blocking grade. As a pass-catcher, Alie-Cox caught 12 passes for 147 yards with a touchdown.
Drew Ogletree
PFF grade: 69.1
Like Alie-Cox, Ogletree was primarily a blocker, with 313 of his 439 snaps coming in that capacity. He would rank third among all tight ends in PFF’s run-blocking grade last season. Ogletree would catch nine passes for 109 yards and a score.
Tyler Warren
PFF college grade: 91.3
As mentioned, Warren brings a do-it-all presence to the tight end position, able to line up across the formation–including out of the backfield–and hold his own as a run-blocker, while also making plays in the passing game. Last season with Penn State, Warren totaled over 100 receptions and over 1,200 receiving yards.
Will Mallory
PFF grade: 50.4
As the fourth tight end on the depth chart, Mallory’s role was small, with him playing just 93 snaps in 2024. He is, however, off to a strong start during this year’s offseason programs.
Jelani Woods
PFF grade: N/A
Woods missed the 2024 season due to a toe injury.
Maximilian Mang
PFF college grade: 64.9
Mang had just 14 targets over his five seasons at Syracuse, with just about all of his playing time coming as a blocker. Over his 164 run-blocking snaps in 2024, Mang graded out well with a 71.6 from PFF.
Sean McKeon
PFF grade: N/A
McKeon didn’t have any regular season snaps in 2024.
Albert Okwuegbunam
PFF grade: N/A
Okwuegbunam didn’t have any regular season snaps in 2024.
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Katie Ledecky, Gretchen Walsh, Jack Alexy Highlight Strong Lineup For Indianapolis (Psych Sheets)
2026 Indianapolis Pro Series
The Indianapolis Pro Series stop next weekend will serve as the final stop of the Pro Series before the 2026 Pan Pac Championships that will take place in Irvine in August. Pre-scratch psych sheets revealed a star-studded lineup including Katie Ledecky, Gretchen Walsh, Ryan Murphy, and Jack Alexy.
The meet will serve as the first competition since both Ledecky and Walsh competed at the 2026 Fort Lauderdale Open at the end of April and into May. Ledecky won the 800 and 1500 freestyles in Fort Lauderdale. Walsh swam to another World Record, lowering her own record in the long course 100 fly as she touched in a 54.33.
Ledecky trains at the University of Florida and much of her training group will be in attendance as Bobby Finke, Emma Weyant, and Kieran Smith. Walsh trains at Virginia, and much of the Virginia group will be in attendance as Kate Douglass, Alex Walsh, Isabelle Stadden, Anna Moesch, and Claire Curzan highlight the psych sheets as well. Cal training partners Jack Alexy and Ryan Murphy highlight the group from Cal that also includes names such as Lucas Henveaux, Gabe Jett, and Ryan Erisman.
Notably not on the psych sheets is the large training group out of Texas under Bob Bowman that includes names such as Regan Smith, Shaine Casas, Chris Guiliano, Luke Hobson, and Carson Foster. Erin Gemmell will be in attendance for Longhorn Aquatics.
Katie Ledecky‘s Lineup:
- 200 free: #1 seed
- 400 free: #1 seed
- 800 free: #1 seed
- 1500 free: #1 seed
Gretchen Walsh‘s Lineup:
- 100 fly: #1 seed
- 50 back: #7 seed
- 50 free: #1 seed
Ryan Murphy‘s Lineup:
- 100 back: #1 seed
- 50 back: #42 seed (seeded with a 100 back time)
Jack Alexy‘s Lineup:
- 200 free: #14 seed
- 50 back: #16 seed
- 50 free: #1 seed
- 100 free: #1 seed
U.S. Pan Pac Roster Set To Compete In Indianapolis:
Almost all of the US women’s roster for Pan Pacs will be in Indianapolis as 21 out of 26 women on the roster are on the pre-scratch psych sheets. The men’s side includes 16/26 members of the Pan Pac roster, with most of the “no’s” coming from the Texas men.
INDIANAPOLIS — A person was fatally shot on the north side of Indianapolis Wednesday morning, according to police.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says officers were dispatched to investigate a shots fired incident in the 6700 block of Woodmere Circle in the Delaware Trails area, west of Hoover Road, around 5:41 a.m.
They arrived and located a person suffering a gunshot wound.
IMPD originally reported their condition as “awake and breathing,” though the person died sometime after arriving at a hospital.
According to Public Information Officer Drew Brown, the person who called police was the shooter in the incident.
He told police that two masked individuals approached him before shots were fired. The shooter is cooperating with law enforcement, police said.
Another person was detained on scene; IMPD did not identify or state their role in the incident.
This is a developing story.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Officers with an FBI violent crimes task force on Tuesday arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with a May 28 shooting that injured a boy and a man, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said in a media notification.
The name of the arrested man and his jail booking photo were not released due to an ongoing investigation, IMPD said.
The names and ages of the two people who were shot have not been publicly shared.
As News 8 previously reported, IMPD officers responded about 5:20 p.m. May 28 to a report of a person shot in the 3100 block of Baltimore Terrace in Indianapolis. That’s at The Martindale apartments off East 30th Street, northeast of downtown Indianapolis, and just northwest of the intersection of East 30th Street and North Keystone Avenue.
The boy and man shot were taken to hospitals by Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services in stable but serious condition.
An IMPD report said a handgun was used in the aggravated assault.
IMPD said the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office will make the final charging decision in the case.
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