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Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (IND)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (IND)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (IND)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (IND)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (IND)
Jake Majors
C Texas
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (IND)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Quincy Riley Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (IND)
Quincy Riley
CB Louisville
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (IND)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (IND)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Gentry Williams Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (IND)
Gentry Williams
CB Oklahoma
Draft Picks Received
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (DEN)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (DEN)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DEN)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DEN)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (DEN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (DEN)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Players Gained
Head Shot
Cody Barton
LB
Draft Grade — Colts
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
Larceny in Round 6, Pick 15 lands the Colts a B+, Skattebo and all.

You build a draft on nights like this. Cam Skattebo had no business being available in pick 190, and the Colts did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

They will need Williams to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own.

That wide receiver hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Cody Barton gives the group a proven body among the projects.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
In pick No. 20 they get a red-zone target to build around, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick45 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
Malaki Starks in pick 45 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick51 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jihaad Campbell at No. 51 is the proof. It fills a real need, too.
Pick80 Rnd3 Kaleb Johnson
Somehow Kaleb Johnson was still sitting there in the Round 3 slot, and they pounced on premier running back value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick116 Rnd4 Jake Majors
Steal is underselling it; Jake Majors at the 116th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick150 Rnd5 CJ West
This one needs a full-page explanation: CJ West in Round 5, Pick 13, miles early. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick188 Rnd6 Quincy Riley
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Quincy Riley well ahead of where he belonged. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick190 Rnd6 Cam Skattebo
They robbed the room for Cam Skattebo here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick205 Rnd6 Oronde Gadsden II
They barely believed it either: Oronde Gadsden II still on the board at slot 205. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick232 Rnd7 Gentry Williams
Gentry Williams at No. 232 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.