Tyler Warren is back in the middle of the conversation at Colts camp, and Indianapolis didn’t need many words to make the point.
The team posted a brief practice clip this week with a caption that said it all: “Tyler. Warren.” - plus a raised-hands emoji.
For anyone who followed last season, that was enough. The video showed a quarterback in a red no-contact jersey throwing downfield during a team drill at Grand Park, and even without extra explanation, the message landed.
Warren is still the tight end everybody keeps finding.
That’s not exactly a surprise after the year he just had. Warren is heading into his second training camp off a Pro Bowl rookie season, and the Colts’ official site said he was added to the 2026 Pro Bowl roster as a replacement for Las Vegas tight end Brock Bowers, who was unable to play because of injury.
His rise started before he ever took a regular-season snap. Last summer, head coach Shane Steichen said Warren’s size and physicality jumped off the field right away in live drills. Steichen pointed to the rookie lowering his shoulder and fighting for extra yards, even against Baltimore’s defense during joint practices.
Warren described that edge himself during camp last year. “We take pride in that in our room,” he said, according to Sports Illustrated’s Horseshoe Huddle.
By the middle of that first camp, he had already become one of the most dependable targets for both Anthony Richardson Sr. and Daniel Jones. Training camp reports from last July described Warren stacking up five or six catches in live team drills on a given day, with one report saying he looked like he was playing a different game than everyone else on the field.
That connection with the quarterbacks hasn’t faded. According to the Colts’ own team site, Warren spoke with reporters this week about his second camp and what it means to have Daniel Jones back for Indianapolis’ first practice of the new season.
Jones’ presence matters because he took over as the Colts’ starter during the 2025 season, and a good chunk of Warren’s rookie production came with Jones, not Richardson, at quarterback. Colts camp coverage also says the team is sorting through a backup quarterback battle behind Jones, with Riley Leonard and Richardson in the mix, based on comments from offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter.
Still, Warren’s role doesn’t seem to be in question. He’s TE1 in Indianapolis no matter who is throwing the ball, and the Colts’ own two-word message this week backed that up in a hurry.
Indianapolis opens the 2026 regular season at home against the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 13, according to the Colts’ official reporting. For now, the attention stays at Grand Park Sports Campus in Westfield, Indiana, where more padded practices and joint sessions are on the schedule as Steichen’s staff continues shaping the offense around Jones.
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