McGowan just played a season-high 34 percent of the snaps in Week 7 against Minnesota, which led to a season-best 11 carries for 46 yards. He also added one catch for 2 yards on one target. Jonathan Taylor could be traded soon, and McGowan would become the No. 1 running back for the Colts if Taylor is gone. It's time to stash McGowan in all leagues for at least 10 percent of your remaining FAAB. For the season, McGowan has 34 carries for 134 yards and four catches for 12 yards on five targets. He would be a potential top-20 running back in all formats if Taylor is traded.
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Colts' Seth McGowan: Rushes 11 times in loss
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McGowan turned 11 carries into 46 yards, caught his only target for two yards and added 140 yards as a kick returner during Sunday's 16-10 loss to the Vikings.
McGowan played a season-high 31 percent of the team's offensive snaps, and as a result, he was able to set new highs in both carries and rushing yards. With Jonathan Taylor potentially set to be traded in the coming weeks, the rookie would stand to operate as the team's lead back following Taylor's departure. On the season, McGowan has rushed 34 times for 134 yards and reeled in four of five targets for 12 yards while compiling 566 kickoff-return yards over seven contests so far.
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Colts' Seth McGowan: Efficient on low volume Sunday
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McGowan took four carries for 27 yards during Sunday's 26-20 loss versus the Titans.
McGowan played exactly 19 offensive snaps for the third straight week Sunday, and although he was slightly less involved than he has been of late in terms of touches, he managed a career-best 6.8 yards per carry in Week 6. He's merely a change-of-pace back as long as three-time Pro Bowler Jonathan Taylor is healthy, but he has the physical traits to become a workhorse should that not be the case at any point this season.
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Colts' Seth McGowan: Seven touches in Week 4 victory
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McGowan turned six carries into 31 yards and caught one of two targets for seven yards during Sunday's 30-13 win over the Commanders in London. He also returned four kickoffs for 102 yards.
McGowan actually saw most of his offensive output in the second quarter with four carries for 18 yards and his seven-yard catch. Most of his on-field production figures to come on special teams as a returner, but the rookie seventh-rounder would be thrust into RB1 duties if Jonathan Taylor were to miss time. The Colts will hit the road for Week 5 against the Steelers this Sunday.
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Colts' Seth McGowan: Zero offensive yards in loss
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McGowan rushed twice for zero yards and had two kickoff returns for 58 yards in Sunday's 33-30 overtime loss to the Chiefs.
McGowan saw just four offensive snaps in the contest, touchding the ball on half of them. The seventh-round rookie did not make a strong impression against the Chiefs' defensive line, but he proved useful on special teams with a 29-yard average on kickoff returns.
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Colts' Seth McGowan: Scarcely used offensively in Week 1
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McGowan caught his only target for no gain and notched 164 yards on five kickoff returns during Sunday's 41-23 loss to the Ravens.
McGowan was only on the field for six of the team's 54 offensive snaps while operating as the top reserve option at running back behind Jonathan Taylor. McGowan definitely made his mark on special teams during the contest, but as long as Taylor is healthy, the former will likely have a limited impact on offense.
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Colts' Seth McGowan: Gets start in final preseason contest
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McGowan carried the ball four times for 20 yards and caught his only target for five yards in Saturday's 25-16 preseason loss to the Lions.
The seventh-round rookie got the start once again, even with DJ Giddens back in the lineup after recovering from a hamstring injury, and McGowan put together the Colts' longest run of the afternoon on a 10-yard scamper in the first quarter to help set up a field goal. Giddens scored the team's only TD of the game in the second quarter, however, as they both make their final cases to be the No. 2 backfield option behind Jonathan Taylor. The two younger backs had similar athleticism-over-production profiles in college, so they could end up trading the job back and forth during the season based on health and performance.
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Colts' Seth McGowan: Eight carries in second preseason game
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McGowan rushed eight times for 27 yards in Saturday's 34-6 preseason loss to the Falcons.
McGowan started for the second time in as many preseason games, but the rookie seventh-round pick didn't find much running room in the lopsided loss. DJ Giddens is working his way back from a hamstring injury, and the 2025 fifth-round pick represents McGowan's main competition for the backup role behind workhorse Jonathan Taylor. The Colts will wrap up preseason play next Saturday against the Lions.
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Colts' Seth McGowan: Taken by Indianapolis
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The Colts selected McGowan in the seventh round of the 2026 NFL Draft, 237th overall.
McGowan had a tumultuous college career, which saw him dismissed from Oklahoma's program after being arrested in April of 2021. He didn't see the field again until 2024 with New Mexico State and ended his college career with Kentucky in 2025, when he turned 165 carries into 725 yards and 12 touchdowns along with 19 catches for 126 yards over 11 games. McGowan has good size with a 6-foot, 223-pound frame, and he has the flexibility and strength to move around defenders, though he's not as explosive as other backfield prospects. There will be questions around his character heading into his NFL rookie season, but he'll have the opportunity to prove himself in Indianapolis, where he'll compete against DJ Giddens and Ulysses Bentley for rotational snaps behind lead back Jonathan Taylor.
