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Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (IND)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (IND)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (IND)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (IND)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (IND)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (IND)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (IND)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Draft Picks Received
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (PHI)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (DAL)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (PHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (PHI)
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Draft Picks Traded
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (PHI)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (DAL)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Ja'Had Carter Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (DAL)
Ja'Had Carter
S Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Players traded away
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Andrew Ogletree
TE
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Wesley French
OG
Draft Grade — Colts
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesD+ FutureB
The Colts did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

The Colts' one glaring miss is quarterback, a need they left exactly as they found it.

The cost of the Nugent reach is exactly the players who went right after him. A small leak at the table, if not a fatal one.

They went 3 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Adonai Mitchell
In the 22nd pick they get a true top target, reach and all. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick46 Rnd2 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
They read the board right and Ennis Rakestraw Jr. was the payoff at the 46th overall pick. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick60 Rnd2 Ja'Tavion Sanders
Ja'Tavion Sanders in the Round 2 slot is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick82 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe in pick 82 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick117 Rnd4 James Williams
The board had cheaper options than James Williams at slot 117, and it noticed. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick124 Rnd4 Drake Nugent
A wild overpay on Drake Nugent in Round 4, Pick 24, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick153 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
They paid sticker price for Kitan Oladapo in No. 153, and that is fine. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.