Reports: Colts, Anthony Richardson mutually agree to seek trade

Another quarterback has hit the off-season market.

The Indianapolis Colts and Anthony Richardson have mutually agreed to seek a trade, according to multiple reports on Thursday.

An eventual move would end what has been an up-and-down tenure for Richardson in Indianapolis.

When the Colts selected him with the fourth-overall pick in the 2023 draft, he was projected to be the team’s long-term starter.

But Richardson had a big problem with staying healthy through his first three seasons, and has been limited to just 15 starts and 17 appearances out of 51 possible games.

He made only four starts as a rookie before needing season-ending surgery on his throwing shoulder. He missed six games in 2024 with back and hip injuries and dislocated his pinkie during a 2025 pre-season game before losing the quarterback battle to Daniel Jones.

But even when he played, he also struggled on the field, mainly with accuracy. His completion percentage, 47.7 per cent, in 2024 was the lowest of any starter in the NFL. And in three seasons, he’s compiled an 8-7 record, a completion percentage of 50.6 per cent with 11 touchdown passes and 13 interceptions.

So Richardson is eager for a fresh start, and it appears that is going to happen somewhere other than Indianapolis.