Player file
Alec Pierce
WR Wide Receiver · official depth WR1 · Cincinnati · #14 · PRO
6' 3" · 211 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 26 · born 2000-05-02 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
IND · active
Recovery from offseason ankle surgery. Shane Steichen expects Pierce to be available for the opener against Baltimore and to take practice reps this week. This expectation is not a formal practice classification, game designation or medical clearance. Indianapolis Colts / Abby Halpin · 2026-09-07T19:51:37.792Z
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 5 NFL regular-season line(s) 2022–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#29 rec yds · 1 g2026where he ranks at Receiving yards among 151 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
5 rec · 7 tgt · 72 rec yds · 0 rec TD2026 WR
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z2029Signed through
APY $28,500,000 · cap hit $9,200,000
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · IND · WR · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved5 rec · 7 tgt · 72 rec yds · 0 rec TDnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T12:41:10.233Z
Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.
Contract
- Signed through2029Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$28,500,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$9,200,000Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2030 · VoidOver The Cap · 2026-09-20
Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)
NFL by year
- 2026 · IND · WR · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved5 rec · 7 tgt · 72 rec yds · 0 rec TD
- 2025 · IND · WR · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved47 rec · 84 tgt · 1,003 rec yds · 6 rec TD
- 2024 · IND · WR · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved37 rec · 69 tgt · 824 rec yds · 7 rec TD
- 2023 · IND · WR · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved32 rec · 65 tgt · 514 rec yds · 2 rec TD
- 2022 · IND · WR · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved41 rec · 78 tgt · 593 rec yds · 2 rec TD
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-13 · IND at NEDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · ATL at INDDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-29 · DET at INDDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29
- Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · BAL at IND4/6, 61 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-13
Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13as of 2026-09-13College by year
- 2021 · Cincinnati · receiving52 rec · 884 yds · 8 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2020 · Cincinnati · receiving17 rec · 315 yds · 3 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2019 · Cincinnati · receiving37 rec · 652 yds · 2 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2018 · Cincinnati · defensive5 tkl · 0 sackCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Combine / pro day
- 2022 Combine · WR · Cincinnati · 6-3 · 211 lb40 4.41 · vert 40.5" · broad 129" · 3-cone 7.13 · shuttle 4.28drafted 2022 · round 2 · Indianapolis Colts
Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source
a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file
Injuries
Availability observations
Alec Pierce · 2026-09-07 · Club statement: Recovery from offseason ankle surgery. Shane Steichen expects Pierce to be available for the opener against Baltimore and to take practice reps this week. This expectation is not a formal practice classification, game designation or medical clearance. Indianapolis Colts / Abby Halpin · 2026-09-07T19:51:37.792Z
- Alec Pierce2026-09-18 · Heel · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedIND official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-18
- Alec Pierce2026-09-17 · Heel · Practice: DNP · Game designation not reportedIND official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-17
- Alec Pierce2026-09-16 · Heel · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedIND official Week 2 injury report · 2026-09-16
- Alec Pierce2026-09-11 · Heel · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedIND official Week 1 injury report · 2026-09-11
- Alec Pierce2026-09-10 · Heel · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedIND official Week 1 injury report · 2026-09-10
- Alec Pierce2026-09-09 · Heel · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedIND official Week 1 injury report · 2026-09-09
- 2026-07-27 → 2026-08-27 · IND · Reserve/PUP · ended: activatedPlaced (LB) CJ Allen and (WR) Alec Pierce on the Active/Physically Unable to Perform listIND transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20
Weekly practice observations; game designation is separate. Earlier medical history remains limited to the dated evidence below.
Suspensions / discipline
Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Transactions
- 2026-08-27 · INDRemoved (WR) Alec Pierce from the Active/Physically Unable to Perform list
- 2026-07-27 · INDPlaced (LB) CJ Allen and (WR) Alec Pierce on the Active/Physically Unable to Perform list
- 2026-03-11 · INDRe-signed (WR) Alec Pierce
window 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19
filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing); pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source
Awards
0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 4 seasons started · career through 2026
nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present
Reception Perception
- 2025 · 253 routesScreen 0% · Slant 11.9% · Curl 16.6% · Dig 24.1% · Post 6.7% · Nine 20.9% · Corner 5.9% · Out 9.9% · Comeback 1.6% · Flat 2% · Other 0.4%man 71% · zone 73% · press 76.2%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01
- 2022 · 212 routesScreen 0.9% · Slant 19.3% · Curl 18.4% · Dig 20.3% · Post 4.2% · Nine 16.5% · Corner 5.7% · Out 8% · Comeback 3.8% · Flat 0.5% · Other 2.4%man 69.6% · zone 71% · press 72.4%Reception Perception · 2026-09-01