The Indianapolis Colts posted a short practice clip this week captioned simply: “Tyler. Warren.” — two words and a raised-hands emoji that needed no further explanation to anyone who watched last season. The video shows a quarterback in a red no-contact jersey firing a pass downfield during a team drill at Grand Park. The Colts didn’t attach any additional context to the post, but the message was clear enough: their second-year tight end is still making people notice.
Warren isn’t hard to spot on that practice field. He’s the guy quarterbacks keep finding.
Warren enters his second training camp coming off a Pro Bowl rookie season, and according to the Colts’ official site, he was added to the 2026 Pro Bowl roster as a replacement for Las Vegas tight end Brock Bowers, who couldn’t play due to injury.
Tyler. Warren. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/JE477GOb1D
— Indianapolis Colts (@Colts) August 2, 2026
That honor came on the back of a debut year that had coaches raving before he ever played a regular-season snap. Head coach Shane Steichen said last summer that Warren’s combination of size and physicality stood out immediately in live drills, praising how the rookie lowered his shoulder to fight for extra yards even against Baltimore’s defense in joint practices.
Warren talked about that mentality himself during camp last summer, framing physicality as something built into the tight end position. “We take pride in that in our room,” he said, according to Sports Illustrated’s Horseshoe Huddle.
Building On a Breakout Rookie Year
By midway through his first camp, Warren had already become one of the most reliable targets for both Anthony Richardson Sr. and Daniel Jones. Reports from Colts training camp last July described him hauling in five or six catches during live team drills on a given day, a pace that made him look, in the words of one report, like he was playing a different game than everyone else on the field.
That trust from the quarterback room hasn’t gone anywhere heading into 2026. According to the Colts’ own team site, Warren spoke with reporters this week about his approach to his second camp and what it means to have Daniel Jones back for Indianapolis’ first practice of the new season.
Jones’ return matters here. Jones took over the Colts’ starting job during the 2025 season, and much of Warren’s rookie production came with Jones — not Richardson — under center. Camp reports from Indianapolis note the team is now working through a competition for the backup quarterback spot behind Jones, with Riley Leonard and Richardson both in the mix, according to comments from offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter relayed on the Colts’ training camp coverage.
None of that competition affects Warren’s role. He’s TE1 in Indianapolis regardless of who’s throwing him the ball, and the two-word caption from the team’s own account this week suggests the coaching staff still likes what it’s seeing.
What’s Next
Indianapolis opens the 2026 regular season at home against the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 13, according to the Colts’ official reporting. Camp continues at Grand Park Sports Campus in Westfield, Indiana, with more padded practices and joint sessions expected in the coming weeks as Steichen’s staff finalizes the offensive rotation around Jones.
