Colts rightfully noncommittal on whether WR Alec Pierce will still return this 2026 season
Giving that we’re in Week 10, it seems as though the Colts have pushed back that potential midseason return, and if Pierce even does return much later in the season, it will likely mean that he’s fully, and I mean fully cleared physically.
- It’s not like they certainly couldn’t use Pierce given their remaining patchwork wide receiver room of Laquon Treadwell, Ashton Dulin, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, Anthony Gould, and rookie Deion Burks, but with this clearly being another lost season in Indianapolis, there’s no reason to risk him suffering another setback.
- Pierce had previously missed all of this past training camp and preseason after undergoing a once thought minor cleanup surgery on that same heel in late March.
- However, after an expedited return to the football field, he reinjured it just a few weeks later on Sunday Night Football primetime.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - DECEMBER 28: Alec Pierce #14 of the Indianapolis Colts runs out of the tunnel prior to an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Lucas Oil Stadium on December 28, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
On the 2026 season, Pierce has 5 receptions for 72 total receiving yards during 2 starts.
- My calculated safe guess though is that we won’t see him until the start of the 2027 campaign for the Colts.
- He shouldn’t be rushed or have his return to the football field expedited by any means whatsoever.
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