How much of the Indianapolis Colts’ 2026 salary cap space is devoted to the running back position?
For this season, the league-wide salary cap was set at $301.2 million and the Colts are among the biggest spenders at running back, with $19.361 million in salary cap space invested at this position, according to Over the Cap.
This is the fourth-most in football and accounts for about 6.5% of the team’s total salary cap space.
Indianapolis Colts salary cap breakdown at running back
The reason that the Colts have such a relatively large portion of their salary cap spent at running back is because of Jonathan Taylor’s deal.
Taylor comes with a cap hit of $15.56 million in 2026, which is the fifth-largest on the team and is the highest in the NFL among backs.
Taylor is currently set to enter the final year of his contract.
The rest of the Colts’ spending at this position is very modest. DJ Giddens and Seth McGowan are Day 3 draft picks in the early portion of their rookie deals, while Ulysses Bentley, Lincoln Pare, and Anderson Castle are all recent UDFA additions.
Of this group, Giddens has the largest 2026 cap hit at $1.111 million.
This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: Salary cap breakdown: Colts among top spenders at running back in 2026
Reporting by Paul Bretl, Colts Wire / Colts Wire
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By Paul Bretl, Colts Wire | USA TODAY Network
