Tyler Warren 2025 Season in Review

Tyler Warren finished his rookie year as the number 4 tight end in total PPR scoring and the number 10 tight end in PPR per game. That headline tells you everything about how the Colts deployed him: a high-volume, every-down rookie who soaked up targets from day one. Warren walked into Indianapolis and immediately became a featured piece of an offense that ranked top ten in total offensive expected points added. He wasn't an efficiency monster or a touchdown machine — he was a workhorse pass-catcher at a position where workhorses are rare. That's why he finished a top-five fantasy tight end by total points despite a team that collapsed down the stretch.

Now let's get into the numbers. Warren caught 76 passes on 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 receiving touchdowns across all 17 games, with a 22 percent average target share — genuinely elite usage for a rookie tight end. He averaged 11.1 PPR points per game, but the consistency story is a tale of two halves. Through the Colts' 7-and-2 start in weeks 1 through 9, Warren cleared double-digit PPR in six of nine games and topped 14 points five times, including 18.3 against the Rams and 18.3 against the Cardinals. Once Indianapolis went 1-and-7 from week 10 through 18, his ceiling vanished — double digits just twice in those final eight games, with four games under 8 PPR. Steady-floor tight end with weekly upside when the offense hummed; touchdown-dependent asset once it cratered. And the 4 receiving touchdowns is the obvious limiter — for a player commanding a 22 percent target share, that's a thin red-zone return.

The play that captures the year best came in week 4 against the Rams: fourth-and-1 from the 2-yard line, tie game, second quarter. Warren took a handoff up the middle and walked in for the touchdown — a tight end as the short-yardage hammer on a critical fourth down. That's exactly how Indianapolis treated him all year. Trusted in the run game, trusted on fourth down, trusted in the red zone. The fantasy production followed the role, and the role was real.