Overview
- The Colts placed wide receiver Alec Pierce on the active/physically unable to perform list to open training camp, a move the team announced on Monday.
- General manager Chris Ballard said Pierce is making strong progress and is roughly "a week or two away" from being cleared, but the team will evaluate him day by day.
- Pierce had ankle cleanup surgery in late March after a platelet-rich plasma treatment failed to work, and the original recovery window was four to six months.
- Keeping Pierce on active/PUP lets the Colts bring him back at any time in camp but risks an automatic four-game absence if he is moved to reserve/PUP after the preseason roster cutdown.
- Rookie middle linebacker C.J. Allen also opened camp on PUP with a calf strain, and Pierce’s temporary absence sharpens questions about the Colts’ receiver depth after trading Michael Pittman Jr. and may prompt the team to consider veteran additions.