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Jonathan Taylor
ADP: 4.1
Bye: 11
Experience: 3 Yr(s)
Age: 24.7
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 226
40 Time: 4.39
SPARQx (Rank): 120.50 (78%)
Burst Score (Rank): 122.70 (72%)
Agility Score (Rank): 11.25 (67%)
Three Cone Drill (Rank): 7.01

Injury PredictorJonathan Taylor's Injury Guide

High Risk

Chance of Injury in 2023

75%

% chance misses at least 2 quarters

Chance of Injury per Game

7.8%

1- 17√1-% Inj/Season

Projected Games Missed 2023

2.40

Durability

5.00

Ability to produce despire relatively minor injuries. 5 being most durable

Injury analysis powered by Draft Sharks Injury Guide, formerly SIP Logo

Injury History

Date League Injury Details
Oct 28, 2017 Non-NFL Leg Quad Strain Taylor suffered a leg injury during Wisconsin's game against Illinois. He didn't miss a game
Nov 1, 2020 NFL Pedal Ankle Sprain/Pull Unspecified Grade 1 Taylor dealt with a minor ankle injury during the Colts win against Detroit.
Sep 29, 2021 NFL Knee Strain Grade 1 Taylor was a limited participant in practice ahead of Week 4 game due to a knee injury. It was more nagging than anything else.
Oct 2, 2022 NFL Pedal Ankle Sprain Grade 2 Taylor was hurt late in a Week 4 loss to the Titans.
Dec 17, 2022 NFL Pedal Ankle (high) Sprain Grade 3 Taylor underwent cleanup surgery on the 25th of January. No structural damage was found.

Basic StatsJonathan Taylor's Preseason Player Analysis

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Bottom Line

Taylor is a virtual lock to rebound vs. last year, assuming he can stay healthy. But there are some unknown variables at play when determining his ceiling.

How much better will the new offense be? How soon with QB Anthony Richardson take over? How much goal-line work might he siphon, and will he hurt RB target share?

Taylor remains a high-upside player across situations, but his contract situation is making him tough to trust in drafts right now. We'll keep watching for his return.

A holdout into the regular season would seem unwise, as it would just cost him money. But until Taylor's back on the field, you'll need to decide whether you're comfy taking on the risk in your draft.

What We Learned Last Year
  • Turns out Taylor is not invincible. A year after staying healthy for a league-leading 332 carries – plus the league’s most rushing yards, scrimmage yards, and total TDs – Taylor lost six games and nearly all of a seventh to an ankle injury.
    • Taylor originally suffered the injury in Week 4, missed time in three segments, and eventually needed post-season surgery.
    • He said the debridement procedure cleaned out “a bunch of junk in there from a bunch of years.”
      • "Just finally had to clean it out and make sure I'm good to go,” Taylor said. “We finally had the time to get it right, make sure I'm 100% ready to rock. That's all you can ask.”
  • We’ll watch him through the summer, of course. But it doesn’t seem like the ankle should be a lingering issue. Perhaps it’ll even be stronger than it was at the beginning of 2022.
  • When on the field last season, Taylor generally fell short of his 2021 performance. He posted significantly worse marks in:
    • yards per carry
    • yards per catch
    • yards after contact
    • rushing yards over expected
    • elusive rating
    • Pro Football Focus rushing grade
    • Football Outsiders DVOA, DYAR, and success rate
    • and pretty much all receiving metrics
  • But it’s not like he was terrible.
    • Taylor’s elusive rating, yards after contact per attempt, and missed tackles forced per rush beat his rookie-year numbers, according to PFF.
    • He ranked top-22 in all three categories among 61 RBs with 70+ carries.
  • He suffered from an offense that FO rated worst in the league and a team that fell from 9-8 to 4-12-1. Both factors helped cut Indy’s run rate from 47.4% of offensive plays in 2021 to 39.8% last year.
  • The O-line also declined. The Colts fell from seventh in adjusted line yards (Football Outsiders) in 2021 to 22nd last year. Their run-blocking grade also dropped from 78.6 to 62.0.
  • Despite appearing in only 11 games (and missing nearly all of one of those), Taylor still carried 116 more times than any other Colt last season. Zack Moss ranked second with 76 attempts across eight games. Taylor also led Indy RBs in targets, though Deon Jackson caught two more passes.
What to Expect in 2023
  • The Colts’ offense can’t be any worse in 2023, and it could be significantly better.
  • The team drafted QB Anthony Richardson fourth overall, clearly believing he can fix a position that has relied on different veteran stopgaps each of the past four years, following Andrew Luck’s surprise retirement.
  • The O-line incorporated two new starters last year, so improvement wouldn’t be a shock. The Colts could really use a rebound from star G Quenton Nelson, whose run-blocking grade has dipped significantly each of the past two years. Still just 27, Nelson has vowed to turn things around.
  • If you take away the 2022 game Taylor left after playing just three snaps, he averaged 19.2 carries in the other 10. That ranked third in the league last season.
  • Indy waited until Round 5 to draft RB Evan Hull and added nothing to the backfield in free agency. Taylor will clearly continue to dominate the workload.
  • New HC Shane Steichen comes from a Philadelphia offense that ran on 48.4% and 51.2% of offensive plays the past two seasons. Don’t be surprised if this year’s Colts run a lot more than they did last year. Some of that will likely depend on team success, however.
  • Anthony Richardson could challenge Taylor’s work. Rookie QBs don’t tend to be good for their teammates’ production. And mobile QBs don’t tend to help the target counts for their RBs. Richardson also presents a size-speed combo that could siphon rushing scores from Taylor.
  • We’ll see whether the Colts open the year with Gardner Minshew behind center.
  • Of course, the biggest thing working against Taylor is his own contract squabble. That has kept him out of training camp to date -- though it's also possible that his ankle recovery has been a factor. It's bad enough that Taylor has requested a trade.
  • He's well outside Round 1 contention at this point ... and it's getting tougher to trust him in Round 2.

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Evan Hull, RB IND

2:38pm EDT 9/21/23

Evan Hull will miss rest of the season

Colts RB Evan Hull will miss the rest of the season with a torn meniscus, insider Jordan Schultz reports. Go ahead and drop the rookie in all redraft leagues. The Colts are down to RBs Zack Moss, Deon Jackson, and Jake Funk for now. RB Jonathan Taylor is eligible to come off IR after Week 4.

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Colts RB Jonathan Taylor (ankle) is "planning to be ready to play as early as Week 5," ESPN's Adam Schefter reports. That's when Taylor is first eligible to come off the PUP list. Taylor is "going to pass his physical and could pass it today," Schefter adds. We'll see whether Taylor is still on Indianapolis' roster come Week 5. The passed physical could make it more likely he's traded, although it sounds like the Colts have been asking for too much in return.

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Discussing the decision to put RB Jonathan Taylor on the PUP list, Colts GM Chris Ballard said that Taylor is still "complaining of pain in the ankle." Taylor underwent surgery way back in January. It's impossible to know whether that ankle is actually still giving him trouble, or if it's just being used as an excuse to keep him off the field amid the contract squabble. Regardless, we know that Taylor will miss at least the first four games of the 2023 campaign. We're guessing that the ankle issue will be behind him by Week 5.

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Colts RB Jonathan Taylor (ankle) is "healed up," owner Jim Irsay said Monday on The Pat McAfee Show. Taylor underwent right-ankle surgery early in the offseason to address a lingering issue. He missed offseason workouts, but it sounds like he'll be ready to roll come training camp. We'll keep an eye on Taylor throughout the summer, but that ankle shouldn't impact his 2023 fantasy value.

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Colts RB Jonathan Taylor (ankle) remained sidelined for Tuesday's minicamp practice. He continues to work his way back from January's right ankle surgery. Taylor said at the time of that surgery that he expected to be ready for the start of the season. And, at this point, there's no reason to think that won't be the case. We'll continue to keep you updated on his health.

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