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willsdaniel'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 3, 2025

Colts

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Draft Selections
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (IND)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (IND)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (IND)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (IND)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (IND)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (IND)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Tyler Shough Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (IND)
Tyler Shough
QB Louisville
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (IND)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (IND)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
Roc Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (IND)
Roc Taylor
WR Memphis
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (IND)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Zeek Biggers Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (IND)
Zeek Biggers
DT Georgia Tech
Theo Wease Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (IND)
Theo Wease Jr.
WR Missouri
Draft Picks Received
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (DEN)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (DEN)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (LAC)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (LAC)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Tyler Shough Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (DEN)
Tyler Shough
QB Louisville
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (LAC)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (DEN)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Zeek Biggers Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (DEN)
Zeek Biggers
DT Georgia Tech
Draft Picks Traded
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (DEN)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (LAC)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Cody Barton
LB
Draft Grade — Colts
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesA+ FutureB-
The Colts won the night they stopped Ransom from sliding. Grade: B+.

Call it larceny. Lathan Ransom sat on the board until pick No. 159, and the Colts did not need to be asked twice.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. It is not that Porter is a bad player; it is that the Colts had louder needs to answer first.

Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The Shough pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
In the 20th overall pick they get a sticky cover corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick51 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
You do not let a safety like Malaki Starks reach Round 2, Pick 19 and blink. They did not. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick55 Rnd2 TreVeyon Henderson
No drama and no debate, TreVeyon Henderson went about where he belonged in slot 55. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick80 Rnd3 Darien Porter
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Darien Porter adds a cornerback and leaves edge rusher untouched.
Pick86 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge slipping to pick No. 86 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick116 Rnd4 Gunnar Helm
Gunnar Helm at the 116th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick121 Rnd4 Tyler Shough
Tyler Shough at No. 121 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick152 Rnd5 Ajani Cornelius
Steal is underselling it; Ajani Cornelius at pick 152 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick159 Rnd5 Lathan Ransom
Lathan Ransom at the 159th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick191 Rnd6 Roc Taylor
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Roc Taylor. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick199 Rnd6 Jay Higgins
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jay Higgins at Round 6, Pick 21 is the proof. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick210 Rnd6 Zeek Biggers
Zeek Biggers in the Round 6 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick234 Rnd7 Theo Wease Jr.
Theo Wease Jr. in slot 234 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.