Dusty'S MOCK DRAFT
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  • Dusty DRAFTING FOR THE
    Colts
Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (IND)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (IND)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (IND)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (IND)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (IND)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (IND)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (IND)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (IND)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (IND)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
Draft Picks Received
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (ATL)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (LAC)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (LAC)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (LAC)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (ATL)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Bradyn Swinson Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (LAC)
Bradyn Swinson
DE-EDGE LSU
Players Gained
Head Shot
Mike Hughes
CB
Draft Grade — Colts
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB
The Colts let Nelson fall into their laps, and walked away with a B+.

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Colts watched Jack Nelson slide 62 picks past his grade and did not hesitate.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Every board in the league had Higgins lower, and that gap is the story. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through wide receiver.

The Mike Hughes deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the wide receiver spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick15 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
In slot 15 they get a security blanket over the middle. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick55 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge in pick No. 55 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick80 Rnd3 Barrett Carter
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Barrett Carter. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick86 Rnd3 Darien Porter
Darien Porter at No. 86 is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick117 Rnd4 Cam Skattebo
You do not let a running back like Cam Skattebo reach the 117th overall pick and blink. They did not. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick151 Rnd5 Jay Higgins
A wild overpay on Jay Higgins in pick 151, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It fills a real need, too.
Pick158 Rnd5 Darius Alexander
They barely believed it either: Darius Alexander still on the board at the Round 5 slot. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick189 Rnd6 Kurtis Rourke
Kurtis Rourke in Round 6, Pick 13 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick232 Rnd7 Jack Nelson
Circle this one: Jack Nelson at the Round 7 slot is a fall that decides a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.