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Mitchell spent the first three years of his career in Cleveland. He was released by the Browns early in the 2025 season and the Colts scooped him up. Mitchell went on to appear in eight games with the Colts. He totaled four pass breakups and two TFLs. Mitchell will be back as a depth option for the team in 2026.

Davis-Gaither spent the first five years of his career in Cincinnati before singing with the Cardinals last offseason. He started 13 games and appeared in all 17. Davis-Gaither totaled 117 combined tackles with two TFLs and one forced fumble. The team released him at the end of the year. He now reunites with Colts DC Lou Anarumo, who was Cincy’s defensive coordinator when Davis-Gaither played for them.

NWI posted a minor breakout season with the Titans in 2024. He turned 32 grabs in 497 yards and nine touchdowns. The Dolphins took a shot on him in free agency, but he failed to carve out a role in Miami. Westbrook-Ikhine totaled 11 catches for 89 scoreless yards in South Beach. He will now serve as a depth piece for a Colts receiver room that just traded Michael Pittman.

Taylor-Britt has worked under DC Lou Anarumo before in Cincinnati. Entering his age-27 season, Taylor-Britt proved capable of combustible moments with the Bengals despite some flashes of great play. He’s a fine depth signing behind Charvarius Ward, who has a concussion history that can’t be ignored at this point.

He also projects some of Pittman’s targets to head to Josh Downs, perhaps elevating Downs to the fantasy WR4 line. Warren tapered off down the stretch as the Colts struggled with injured Daniel Jones and without Really Injured Daniel Jones. It does make sense that he’d take a second-year leap and be the preferred possession receiver in Pittman’s absence.

Tillery, a former first-round pick of the Chargers in 2019, has become a journeyman depth piece. He played 374 defensive snaps for the Chiefs last year and figures to slot in to that sort of role for Indianapolis in 2026 if he makes the roster.

That’s former Notre Dame basketball player Carson Towt, that is. Towt is 6-foot-7 and 225 pounds. Basketball-to-tight end converts are a fun story — every once in a while one hits — but overall they have the consistency of CenterPoint Energy. Towt will fight for a roster spot in training camp as a UDFA.

Pinter had just 10 starts at center over five seasons with the Colts — he missed 2023 entirely with a broken ankle — and seems like a candidate to compete for the role replacing Tyler Linderbaum. How big of a candidate he is probably depends on how high the draft capital spent on center in this year’s draft is, but Pinter’s got a chance to start for sure.

Alie-Cox returns to the Colts for his ninth season with the franchise after he re-signed for one season. The veteran tight end has appeared in 125 games for the franchise, catching 127 passes for 1,550 yards and 16 touchdowns. He ranked second on the team in snaps (419) at the position behind then-rookie Tyler Warren, making the signing a pure depth move that gives the offense the ability to run 12-personnel alignments, although Alie-Cox’s modest 18.5% route participation rate a season ago leaves the veteran bereft of fantasy value moving forward.

Previous reports have indicated that trade talks for Richardson are far enough along that a deal could be completed this weekend. The Buccaneers, Chiefs, Lions, Packers, Rams and Ravens have all reportedly checked in. While Holder reports that no deal is imminent, he points out the Packers, who lost backup QB Malik Willis this offseason, as the team to monitor. Compensation for Richardson in a trade is likely to be no more than a late-round draft pick. Richardson, who turns 24 in May, has started only 15 games in three seasons for the Colts.