96. RB Jonathan Taylor, Indianapolis Colts
Taylor led the NFL in rushing touchdowns (18) this season, while he ranked first in rushing yards after contact (1,136) during the regular season. In addition, his 67 broken tackles on runs ranked second among all running backs. Finally, Taylor ranked seventh in PFF rushing grade at 84.1.
85. ED Laiatu Latu, Indianapolis Colts
Latu broke out in his second NFL season, as his 84.1 PFF overall grade ranked ninth among edge defenders. He also led the position in PFF coverage grade (88.3). After generating pressure on 10.7% of his pass-rushing snaps as a rookie, Latu improved that mark to 14.9% in Year 2.
65. C Tanor Bortolini, Indianapolis Colts
Bortolini enjoyed a breakout 2025 season, ranking third among centers in PFF overall grade (82.6). The 2024 fourth-round draft pick out of Wisconsin didn’t allow a sack on 566 pass-blocking snaps and notched an 88.2 PFF run-blocking grade (third best).
44. Quenton Nelson, Indianapolis Colts
In producing his highest-graded season since 2020, Nelson ranked fourth among all guards with an 84.5 PFF grade in 2025. He allowed just 15 pressures from 637 pass-blocking snaps, and he was the only guard to earn a PFF pass-blocking grade above 70.0 and a PFF run-blocking grade above 80.0 this past season.
Obviously, it’s a little hard to understand how Taylor, who was a bona fide NFL MVP candidate and NFL Offensive Player of the Year Candidate before Jones’s injuries hit later in the season barely cracked this ranking at the 96th overall spot. I don’t know how many times I saw him create something, or at the very least churn out positive rushing yards, when given no running hole to initially work with.
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That being said, it’s not surprising to see Latu, Bortolini, and Nelson necessarily named along with Taylor among the Top 101 players. Both had solid to very good seasons for Indianapolis this past year.
I would’ve thought that a few other Colts teammates, namely cornerback Sauce Gardner (graded 10th overall by PFF among cornerbacks) and left tackle Bernhard Raimann (graded 11th overall by PFF among offensive tackles), may have been potential top candidates to join them. It appears that fellow cornerback Charvarius Ward (*9th) may have been, had not a series of scary concussions, derailed his Colts debut season (and potentially the continuance of his impressive playing career).
Other than that, rookie Tyler Warren seems like he could’ve been part of the conversation at least, but like Taylor, his receiving production dipped once Jones succumbed to injuries a little after midseason.
As it stands, the four of Taylor, Latu, Bortolini, and Nelson had impressive seasons and will look to keep that momentum going—as the Colts hope to make the playoffs in 2026 for the first time since the 2020 campaign.