Alec Pierce

Indianapolis Colts WR IR IR since Sep 26

Week 6 vs TEN

Wk 6 -- Read as the page opens

Rest of season 36.3 from week 6, WR IR, unranked while on a season-long list

Opp rank -- vs TEN

Avg 6.1 a game in 2 games

Last 2.1 week 2 at KC

Δ Proj --

On injured reserve since September 26. Our rest-of-season figure assumes he plays, so he sits below the available players. Injury status from the hourly capture, read Mon Oct 19, 2:00 am Eastern.

This season 2026, PPR, through week 5

Alec Pierce week by week, 2026
Wk	Opp	the week's projection	PPR points	targets	catches	receiving yards	receiving touchdowns	carries	rushing yards	rushing touchdowns	share of snaps
1	vs BAL	--	10.1	6	4	61	0	0	0	0	59%
2	at KC	--	2.1	1	1	11	0	0	0	0	26%
3	vs HOUDid not play	--
4	at WSHDid not play	--
5	at PITDid not play	--
Season2 games, 6.1 a game			12.2	7	5	72	0	0	0	0	41%

202515 games, 12.2 a game			183.3	84	47	1,003	6	0	0	0	86%
202416 games, 10.1 a game			161.4	69	37	824	7	0	0	0	80%
202317 games, 5.6 a game			95.4	65	32	514	2	0	0	0	95%

Still to play

Wk 6 vs TEN Sun Oct 18
Wk 7 at MIN Sun Oct 25
Wk 8 at JAX Sun Nov 1
Wk 9 vs DAL Sun Nov 8
Wk 10 vs MIA Sun Nov 15
Wk 11 at HOU Thu Nov 19
Wk 12 vs NYG Sun Nov 29
Wk 13 Bye
Wk 14 at PHI Sun Dec 13
Wk 15 at TEN Sun Dec 20
Wk 16 vs CIN Sun Dec 27
Wk 17 at CLE Sun Jan 3
Wk 18 vs JAX Sun Jan 10

Our read

Written Oct 17, from his facts through last season

The first fact is the one sitting on the injury report: Pierce has an IR designation from before week 3 of 2026, and he plays no game while it stands. He has not appeared since week 2 of 2026, with week 3, week 4 and week 5 of 2026 all missed. The two weeks he did play gave him 6.1 points a game and zero touchdowns on seven targets, which is a thin base to judge anything, but also nothing that argues for patience.

Rest of season36.3PPR points from week 6

181projected PPR points

The deeper issue was there before the injury. Tyler Warren and Michael Pittman took 21% each of the 2025 targets, 42% between them, and among players in a crowded target room like that, points a game fell 0.9 the next season on average. Pierce's path was always the deep ball, an average depth of target of 19.0 yards that ranked WR11, and a red-zone share of 10.7% that ranked WR119. That is a feast-or-famine shape, and 2025 showed it: 12.2 points a game, a 29.2 in week 18 of 2025, a 0 in week 17.

We set our preseason number at 181 points for the season, with 12.1 points a game over 15 expected games, and he went WR34 on our board. But every week he sits on IR, that projection loses a week it cannot recover, and the crowded room shaves what he earns when he returns. Hold him only if your bench has room to spare. If your roster is tight, the spot is worth more spent on a receiver who can play.

Alec Pierce in every format
Format	Our rank	Rest of season from week 6	Over replacement	Tier
PPR	IR	36.3	−61.8	IR
Half PPR	IR	29.9	−53.6	IR
Standard	IR	23.5	−44.8	IR

Wk 6, Opp rank and Δ Proj are this week's, read as the page opens.

Stats from the NFL's records, scored in PPR.

Stats from nflverse and charting from FTN Data via nflverse, both under Creative Commons licences, our rates worked out from their counts.