The Colts on Thursday announced tackle Braden Smith was selected by his teammates as the Colts' 2025 Ed Block Courage Award recipient.

All 32 teams annually select an Ed Block Courage Award recipient, with the honor recognizing an individual for courageous play.

Smith returned to the Colts in 2025 and has started all 14 games this season after leaving the team for the final five weeks of the 2024 season to seek treatment for a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The 29-year-old Smith has been a vocal about the importance of mental health and receiving treatment, and for the Colts' 2025 "My Cause, My Cleats" game, Smith represented the International OCD Foundation.

"Obviously, he went through some things – as we all know – last year," head coach Shane Steichen said in October. "But to

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