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2026 Draft

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Draft Selections
Christian Gray Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (IND)
Christian Gray
CB Notre Dame
Tanner Koziol Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (IND)
Tanner Koziol
TE Houston
Austin Barber Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (IND)
Austin Barber
OT Florida
Kamari Ramsey Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (IND)
Kamari Ramsey
S USC
Kendrick Law Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (IND)
Kendrick Law
WR Kentucky
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (IND)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (IND)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Blake Shapen Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (IND)
Blake Shapen
QB Mississippi State
Draft Picks Received
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (LAR)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Draft Picks Traded
CJ Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 6 (LAR)
CJ Daniels
WR Miami
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ARI)
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Draft Grade — Colts
Overall C-
ValueF NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Colts land in the muddy middle: C-.

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Colts started one anyway for Christian Gray, 303 picks ahead of schedule. It nets out a thoroughly average C-.

The Styles pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. They punted on running back, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes. They reloaded the coverage unit in bulk.

Hit on Christian Gray and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Christian Gray
In pick No. 31 they get a sticky cover corner, a steep price for the projection.
Pick63 Rnd2 Tanner Koziol
Tanner Koziol at the 63rd overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick95 Rnd3 Austin Barber
Austin Barber in slot 95 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick131 Rnd4 Kamari Ramsey
Kamari Ramsey at pick 131 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick170 Rnd5 Kendrick Law
Kendrick Law in the Round 5 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick193 Rnd6 D'Angelo Ponds
D'Angelo Ponds in the 193rd pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick249 Rnd7 Sonny Styles
Steal is underselling it; Sonny Styles at slot 249 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It fills a real need, too.
Pick256 Rnd7 Blake Shapen
Blake Shapen at the Round 7 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.