Top free agent wide receiver Alec Pierce returns to Colts on four-year, $116 million deal

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pierce-alec/0zQDDi9H/"]Pierce[/a], 25, led the league in yards per reception in back-to-back years now (2024 - 22.3, 2025 - 21.3). He's coming off his first 1,000-yard season and was one touchdown short of making it back-to-back years of finding the endzone seven times. [/p][p]The team recently placed quarterback [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jones-daniel/CCKBMnRE/"]Daniel Jones[/a] under the rare transition tag ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/american-football-nfl-indianapolis-colts-place-rare-transition-tag-on-qb-daniel-jones/AF1d3wFb/"]details here[/a]), keeping both of their big-name free agents on the team.[/p][embed guid="90f6a61e-8e8a-4724-b7c1-15d841b13c6d" url="https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/2031038029331087537?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Pierce was taken in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft and has emerged as one of the top receivers in the league. After a quiet first two seasons, he had his first big season in 2024 when he posted 824 receiving yards with seven touchdowns. [/p][p]Then, in 2025, with Jones at QB, Pierce put up career numbers, and now he got paid to mirror his performance at almost $30 million per year. [/p][embed guid="3e93dae3-f271-4c32-80cc-730b5d1c39dc" url="https://x.com/Colts/status/2031040455090078122?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]