2024'S MOCK DRAFT
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  • 2024 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Colts
Draft Selections
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (IND)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (IND)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (IND)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (IND)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (IND)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (IND)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (IND)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (IND)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Dante Trader Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (IND)
Dante Trader Jr.
S Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (DAL)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DAL)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (DAL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (DAL)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Players Gained
Head Shot
Caelen Carson
CB
Draft Grade — Colts
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesA+ FutureB
The Colts let Bowman Jr. fall into their laps, and walked away with a B+.

You build a draft on nights like this. Billy Bowman Jr. had no business being available in pick No. 209, and the Colts did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

They are betting Trader Jr. proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick15 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
In pick 15 they get a ballhawk on the outside. More want than need.
Pick44 Rnd2 Luther Burden III
Steal is underselling it; Luther Burden III at No. 44 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick77 Rnd3 Jihaad Campbell
Somehow Jihaad Campbell was still sitting there in slot 77, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. It fills a real need, too.
Pick80 Rnd3 Deontae Lawson
Deontae Lawson in the Round 3 slot is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick116 Rnd4 Quinshon Judkins
Taking Quinshon Judkins in pick No. 116 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick150 Rnd5 Devin Neal
They will replay Devin Neal at Round 5, Pick 12 for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick188 Rnd6 Oronde Gadsden II
Oronde Gadsden II in the 188th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick209 Rnd6 Billy Bowman Jr.
Billy Bowman Jr. at the 209th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick228 Rnd7 Dante Trader Jr.
A big swing on Dante Trader Jr. at pick 228, well ahead of any board in the building. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.