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    Colts
Draft Selections
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (IND)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (IND)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (IND)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (IND)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (IND)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (IND)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (IND)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (CIN)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIN)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (CIN)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Players Gained
Head Shot
Germaine Pratt
LB
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Dallas Turner
LB
Draft Grade — Colts
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedC+ TradesA+ FutureB
The Colts robbed the room for Singleton. Final grade: B+.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Colts were there to profit. Nicholas Singleton, the No. 102 name on the board, should have been long gone before Round 6, Pick 13.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. They will regret leaving wide receiver for another day if the season turns on it.

The Hairston pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with wide receiver, quarterback and other spots still on the board. Reaching for Hairston left real value on the table behind him.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Will Johnson
In pick No. 13 they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value.
Pick43 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
Malaki Starks in the 43rd overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick79 Rnd3 Maxwell Hairston
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Maxwell Hairston at cornerback with wide receiver, quarterback and other spots open.
Pick115 Rnd4 Malachi Moore
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went safety with Malachi Moore while clear needs at wide receiver, quarterback and other spots sat open.
Pick149 Rnd5 Mason Taylor
Mason Taylor at Round 5, Pick 11 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick188 Rnd6 Nicholas Singleton
They will replay Nicholas Singleton at pick 188 for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick227 Rnd7 Jack Kiser
Jack Kiser at the 227th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.