So far in his NFL career, Alec Pierce has been used primarily as a deep ball target and blocker. Pierce’s strong vertical stacking ability, size, and average hands and contested catch ability makes that role a good fit for him in the Colts Offense. While he needs to add more branches to his route tree to get easier separation by becoming more fluid, his role did have its uses.
However with the Colts primarily having QBs under center from 2022-2023 who struggled in deep ball passing, Alec’s biggest asset remained underused. As a result, in 2023 he ran the most route yards in the NFL and had the highest snap count in the NFL among WRs but only had 63 targets in 2023.