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Draft Selections
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (IND)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (IND)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (IND)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (IND)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Kobe King Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (IND)
Kobe King
LB Penn State
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (IND)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
Cam Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (IND)
Cam Jackson
DT Florida
Draft Grade — Colts
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Colts won the night they stopped Giddens from sliding. Grade: B-.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Colts were there to profit. DJ Giddens, the No. 165 name on the board, should have been long gone before pick No. 191. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. The Helm pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
No edge and no loss on Jahdae Barron in the 14th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick45 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
Malaki Starks at slot 45 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick80 Rnd3 Gunnar Helm
A conviction pick on Gunnar Helm at the 80th overall pick that the board grades a round light. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick116 Rnd4 Savion Williams
Savion Williams in Round 4, Pick 15 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick152 Rnd5 Kobe King
Taking Kobe King in pick 152 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick191 Rnd6 DJ Giddens
DJ Giddens in pick No. 191 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick234 Rnd7 Cam Jackson
Cam Jackson at No. 234 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.