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Indianapolis Colts Defense vs Running Backs (2025)

In 2025, the Indianapolis Colts allowed 86.8 rushing yards per game to running backs — #10 of 32 (1 = stingiest). Our persistence testing says single-season ranks like this mostly do NOT carry over year to year — use with that in mind.

Everything they allowed to running backs, per game

Metric	Season	Last 4	Last 2
Rush yds allowed	86.8	100.5	108.5
Rush TD allowed	0.7	0.0	0.0
Targets allowed	5.5	5.2	4.5
Receptions allowed	3.9	3.0	2.5
Rec yds allowed	24.4	13.2	11.0
Yards per target	4.4	2.5	2.4
Explosive receptions (20+)	0.1	0.0	0.0

Last 4 = weeks 15–18; last 2 = weeks 17–18. 2025 regular season.

Upcoming: week 1 vs Baltimore Ravens

Running Backs they'll face first: Derrick Henry.

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Methodology: computed from nflverse play-by-play; a quarter's yards are the yards gained on plays snapped in that quarter. Averages use each player's games played, not team games. Updated 2026-07-28.

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