Perhaps it’s still a bit premature to be looking at the upcoming offseason, but Pro Football Focus is going for it anyways, putting out their list of the top-50 free agents in 2025, which features one member of the Indianapolis Colts.
Coming in at No. 33 on the list is Colts’ center Ryan Kelly. In the middle of the one the best offensive line units in football, Kelly is coming off a very good 2023 season. He has missed two games this year with a neck injury but appears to be in line to return this Sunday after being a full participant in practice the last two days.
Through three games, Kelly has given up only three pressures and no sacks by PFF’s metrics. He ranks ninth among all centers in ESPN’s pass-block win rate metric and is 15th in PFF’s run-blocking grade.
Kelly’s impact, however, begins pre-snap with his ability to identify and set protections, so all blockers are on the same page, along with being one of the leaders of this team.
Kelly is in the final year of his current deal. Over the summer, Kelly told reporters that his representatives approached the Colts about an extension, however, at least at that time, that was not a path that Indianapolis wanted to go down.
In April, the Colts drafted Tanor Bortolini in the fourth-round of the draft to be the potential replacement for Kelly at center. Bortolini has filled in well for Kelly in these last two games, potentially making it only more likely that Kelly ends up playing elsewhere in 2025.
Other notable free agents for the Colts next offseason include Mo Alie-Cox, Kylen Granson, EJ Speed, Julian Blackmon, and Dayo Odeyingbo.
