2024 Indianapolis Colts season

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2024 Indianapolis Colts season
Owner Jim Irsay
General manager Chris Ballard
Head coach Shane Steichen
Home field Lucas Oil Stadium
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The 2024 season will be the Indianapolis Colts' upcoming 72nd season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 41st in Indianapolis. It will also be their eighth under the leadership of general manager Chris Ballard and the second under head coach Shane Steichen. They will attempt to improve on their 9–8 record from last year, make the playoffs after a three-year absence, and end their nine-year AFC South title drought.

Contents

Draft

2024 Indianapolis Colts Draft
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
1 15 Laiatu Latu DE UCLA
246Traded to Carolina Panthers [upper-alpha 1]
52 Adonai Mitchell WR Texas from LA Rams via Carolina [upper-alpha 1]
379 Matt Goncalves OT Pittsburgh from Jacksonville via Arizona [upper-alpha 2]
82Traded to Arizona Cardinals [upper-alpha 2]
4117 Tanor Bortolini C Wisconsin
5142 Anthony Gould WR Oregon State from Tennessee via Carolina [upper-alpha 1]
151 Jaylon Carlies LB Missouri
155Traded to Philadelphia Eagles [upper-alpha 3] from Pittsburgh via Carolina [upper-alpha 1]
164 Jaylin Simpson S Auburn from Detroit via Philadelphia [upper-alpha 3]
6191Traded to Arizona Cardinals [upper-alpha 2]
201 Micah Abraham CB Marshall from Tampa Bay via Philadelphia [upper-alpha 3]
7234 Jonah Laulu DT Oklahoma

Draft Notes [1]

  1. 1 2 3 4 The Colts traded a 2024 second-round pick (No. 46 overall) to the Panthers in exchange for a 2024 second-round pick (No. 52 overall) and a pair of 2024 fifth-round picks (Nos. 142 and 155 overall).
  2. 1 2 3 The Colts traded a 2024 third-round pick (No. 82 overall) and a 2024 sixth-round pick (No. 191 overall) to the Cardinals in exchange for a 2024 third-round pick (No. 79 overall).
  3. 1 2 3 The Colts traded a 2024 fifth-round pick (No. 155 overall) to the Eagles in exchange for a 2024 fifth-round pick (No. 164 overall) and a 2024 sixth-round pick (No. 201 overall).

Trades not cited occurred prior to the 2024 NFL Draft.

2024 Indianapolis Colts undrafted free agents
NamePositionCollegeRef.
Jason Bean QB/WR Kansas [2]
Trent Pennix RB NC State
Spencer Shrader K Notre Dame
Kedon Slovis QB BYU
Dalton Tucker G Marshall
Xavier WhiteWR Texas Tech
Craig Young LB Kansas

Staff

Front office
  • Owner/CEO – Jim Irsay
  • Vice chairman/co-owner – Carlie Irsay-Gordon
  • Vice chairman/co-owner – Casey Foyt
  • Vice chairman/co-owner – Kalen Jackson
  • General manager – Chris Ballard
  • Assistant general manager – Ed Dodds
  • Director of player personnel – Kevin Rogers Jr.
  • Director of football administration – Mike Bluem
  • Chief personnel executive – Morocco Brown
  • Director of pro scouting – Jon Shaw
  • Director of college scouting – Matt Terpening
  • Assistant director of college scouting – Jamie Moore
  • Senior player personnel scout – Todd Vasvari
Head coach
Offensive coaches
 
Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Support staff
  • Assistant to the head coach – T. J. Ingels
Strength and conditioning
  • Director of sports performance – Mike Minnis
  • Senior head strength and conditioning – Richard Howell
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Zane Fakes
  • Applied sports science/conditioning – Doug McKenney
  • Functional movement therapist/conditioning – Sam Khym

Coaching staff
Management
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Current roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams


Rookies in italics

Roster updated May 10, 2024

90 active, 1 unsigned

AFC rostersNFC rosters

Preseason

The Colts' preseason opponents and preliminary schedule will be announced on May 15, in conjunction with the release of the regular season schedule.

WeekDateTime (EDT)OpponentResultRecordVenueTVRecap
1August 111:00 p.m. Denver Broncos Lucas Oil Stadium WXIN
2August 177:00 p.m. Arizona Cardinals Lucas Oil Stadium WTTV
3August 228:00 p.m.at Cincinnati Bengals Paycor Stadium Prime Video

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateTime (ET)OpponentResultRecordVenueTVRecap
1September 81:00 p.m. Houston Texans Lucas Oil Stadium CBS
2September 151:00 p.m.at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field Fox
3September 221:00 p.m. Chicago Bears Lucas Oil StadiumCBS
4September 291:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Steelers Lucas Oil StadiumCBS
5October 61:00 p.m.at Jacksonville Jaguars EverBank Stadium CBS
6October 131:00 p.m.at Tennessee Titans Nissan Stadium CBS
7October 201:00 p.m. Miami Dolphins Lucas Oil StadiumFox
8October 271:00 p.m.at Houston Texans NRG Stadium CBS
9November 31:00 p.m.at Minnesota Vikings U.S. Bank Stadium CBS
10November 101:00 p.m. Buffalo Bills Lucas Oil StadiumCBS
11November 178:20 p.m.at New York Jets MetLife Stadium NBC
12November 241:00 p.m. Detroit Lions Lucas Oil StadiumFox
13December 11:00 p.m.at New England Patriots Gillette Stadium CBS
14 Bye
15December 154:25 p.m.at Denver Broncos Empower Field at Mile High CBS
16December 221:00 p.m. Tennessee Titans Lucas Oil StadiumCBS
17December 28/29TBDat New York Giants MetLife StadiumTBD
18January 4/5TBD Jacksonville Jaguars Lucas Oil StadiumTBD

Notes

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References

  1. "2024 Colts NFL Draft Tracker".
  2. "Colts sign 7 undrafted free agents". Colts.com. May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 12, 2024.