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Today is the fully loaded episode.
We're going to tell you three of the best fits for the Colts at each of their biggest needs in the draft, at each round of the draft.
Let's get to it.
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I am your host, Jake Arthur, your Indianapolis Colts beatwriter for Roundtable Sports.
And today we have got a loaded episode for you.
I'm going to tell you a lot of names.
Basically, we're going to go, you know, we're going to touch on round six and seven
and some of the best dart throws for the Colts there.
The middle rounds, round four and five, and what positions you might still get some real value out of.
But we're going to start with the Colt, the first couple picks for the Colts in rounds two and three.
Obviously, they do not have a first round pick.
this all is about finding fits for the Colts biggest need in each section of the draft.
I guess this is one way to kind of sell hope.
It's to sell hope and a reminder that the draft is seven rounds.
We've always kind of had to stress this before.
If the Colts don't take someone you want in the first round or two, don't worry.
There are more options later on.
Now, obviously, certain positions and certain needs carry more weight than
and others. But there are decent players to find all throughout, even into priority-free agency
this year, I would say. So let's go ahead and start with rounds two and three. We're going to
look at edge rushers, linebackers, and receivers. And again, I'm going to say a lot of names,
but we want to check back on this after the draft because I am almost certain some of these guys
are going to wind up with horseshoes on their helmets. So edge rushers up first. In round two,
I think you're looking at guys like Zion Young, Malachi Lawrence, and Kemp.
Gabe Accus are probably the most realistic.
Now, you could get a guy like T.J. Parker from Clemson that slips all the way there.
Akeem Mesidor, I'm starting to get kind of a suspicion that this guy, his age, his injury
history, the lack of elite measurables could have him going into round two, but I don't even
know if the Colts would be interested in him.
But like I said, Zion Young, Malachi Lawrence, Gabe Accus, those are guys we've told you all
about throughout the process.
Zion Young and Gabe Accus in particular, good strength, good balance.
There are guys, Zion Young's already a really good run defender.
Accus, not as much.
He's already a much better pass rusher to this point.
Not a lot of tools in the toolboat yet as far as like moves and counter moves goes,
but he's a speed to power guy and he's not really going to get taken out super easy
by offensive tackles.
And then Malachi Lawrence, he's a big.
bit more of like a laotu lotu type not a ton of strength but he is a relatively polished pass
rusher who's got a decent blend of speed and moves and burst you just got to get that play
strength up a little bit and then when you're looking at the third round for edge rushers
i've got dene dene dennis sutton from penn state derrick moore out of michigan and jason barham
out of michigan as well so with dene dene dennis sutton penn state like every year seems to
this tall, lanky edge rusher with good athleticism that just hasn't put it all together yet.
That is the latest edition here with Denise Sutton.
I think he is someone who is worth investing a pick-in again in the third round.
You take him in the third round.
He can be a rotational pass rusher initially, and then within a year or so might have
be a good productive player for you.
Derek Moore, just a good, solid run defender right now with pass rush upside.
side powerful guy.
I think he's kind of like a diet version of Zion Young to this point.
Those are two guys that really stood out to me down in Mobile, the Senior Bowl.
And then Jay Sean Barham is a real interesting guy as well.
He kind of burst onto the scene late in this pre-draft process.
He was an offball linebacker for a good chunk of his career college.
Started to rush the passer a bit more.
And now is known as, you know, these guys get kind of dropped.
into a similar bucket and compared to each other a little too much, but like Micah Parsons,
Arvel Reese now, like these guys who have off-ball linebacker backgrounds, but are pass rushers as well.
I think Barham is going to be pretty much converted into a full-time pass-rrrrusher,
defensive end.
He's got an interesting build.
He's kind of like a stocky off-ball linebacker, but he's got serious juice, really good play
strength and explosiveness as well.
I have a feeling at this point we're going to.
going to hear his name probably called in round three. Let's move on to linebackers now.
Now you're really wanting to get kind of like a field general, a multi-talented guy as a Mike
linebacker, I think. You could get some will linebackers throughout the draft and it would
be productive for the Colts, but it won't really fill the need that it would with a Mike
linebacker. So Jacob Rodriguez, we've talked about toughness, leadership, football IQ, instincts
through the roof. But his special talent really is taking the ball away. Seven force fumbles
last year and four interceptions. The guy is legit and the Colts haven't had that kind of playmaking
in the middle since Shaq, Shaq Leonard, obviously. Anthony Hill, very good at sniffing out
through the trash and getting into the backfield and the run game. He's also decent as a pass
rusher as well. I think he moves around really well in coverage out of Texas. Good prospect there.
Jake Golda is a guy you've heard a lot about from us lately.
I did a prospect spotlight on him recently.
Big-bodied guy, like 6-4-2-40, really is just violent in pursuit,
kind of the like we'll run through fire type of linebacker.
I think he's got really good three-down traits,
but I think Golda is a really good possibility for the Colts.
Then when you're looking at the third round,
Kyle Lewis and Harold Perkins, if you're looking at more will linebackers.
I think just overall, those are two of the better linebacker prospects in general in the third round.
And Kyle Lewis might just be my favorite player in the entire draft.
He's a big-time splashy playmaker as well.
He's going to take the ball away just a bit undersized.
Harold Perkins as well, just a little too light for what people like.
But if he puts a little more weight on, a little more bulk and doesn't lose too much of that speed,
I think you're looking at a really intriguing Will linebacker there.
Josiah Trotter, our guy out of Missouri,
Zach's favorite player in the entire draft, essentially.
I think he's good enough to be a top 50 player,
but I just think the demand at linebacker or the supply at linebacker
might wind up outweighing the demand,
just because linebackers, they don't really get taken in droves.
So it is possible that this guy who is already an awesome run defender
and is still ascending player in coverage that he could be around in round three.
And I think, honestly, that could be a dream scenario for the Colts.
If you're able to get an edge rusher that you like in round two
and then you get someone as good as Trotter or Lewis in round three,
absolute home run.
Now, receiver.
That is probably going to happen at some point, round two, three, four as well.
So let's look at round two, which we don't really love the round two.
receivers, I'll be honest with you.
The better value is probably in round three.
But in round two, you're looking at Tennessee's Chris Brasel.
That's a guy who height, weight, speed, explosive guy, big play guy out of Tennessee.
I think he's going to be one that bucks the trend of the dreaded Tennessee volunteer
receivers.
I think he's a lot better than some of the guys we've seen in the past.
Chris Bell out of Louisville, kind of a stocky guy, about 6-2-220 or so.
does not have a very imaginative route tree, but what he does, he does pretty well.
He's kind of an explosive big play guy as well.
Really excels as those like deep end-breaking plays.
The way that AJ Brown was kind of used at Old Miss coming out out of the day back in the day is pretty similar to Chris Bell.
And you're going to see some comparisons from Bell to AJ Brown.
I think Brown's a better prospect, but how they were used and like how they look, I think is pretty similar.
but Bell's coming back from an ACL.
So that's the biggest caveat here.
Jeremy Bernard from Alabama, kind of a do-it-all guy, reasonable athleticism,
good before and after the catch.
Not the worst pick the Colts can make in the second round,
but again, I would love to see them do something on defense first.
Round three, like I mentioned, I think it's a lot better here.
Skylar Bell to Yukon, ultra-productive, good at separating,
a little bit undersized, but he's going to be productive.
The things that are strong about him really translate.
Ted Hurst as well, we did a player spotlight on him.
It kind of reminds me of a younger Alec Pierce, a big play guy.
You know, he's about 6364 over 200 pounds.
Explosive, but he's got a little more wiggle in the hips,
which makes me think his route tree could be broadened a little bit,
and that he could be a legit, all-around receiver within the first year or so of his career.
and then Antonio Williams out of Clemson has been known as a big yards after catch guy throughout his career.
He's very creative, turns into a running back with ball on his hands, very elusive.
But there are questions about his explosiveness.
But you know what?
That's a guy who I think what he brings to the table is something that the Colts could really benefit from.
So that is it from the day two edges, linebackers, and receivers.
Coming up in just a moment, we're going to look at the mid-round guys.
It's around four and five at each of those positions.
And again, shed a little hope that there are options moving beyond day two.
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So edge rusher, it does start to get a little more hinky after day two.
I'm not going to lie to you.
But there are players I like here.
So one of them, Max Llewellyn out of Iowa, he is just a good solid player.
He's not magnificent in any one area.
He's just got decent strength.
He's got a really good motor.
And he's just the kind of guy that finds.
finds his way into the backfield.
He's disruptive, gets his hands up in the passing lanes.
Cade & Curry is a very interesting one out of Ohio State.
Because they churned these guys out so regularly,
they only really put out like a year or so of really good tape.
So Curry was behind JT to a Malowowow, Jalen, Tua, T, Tua, T, Tew Malowow,
and Jack Sawyer there at Ohio State.
But huge production, like 16 tackles for loss and 11 sacks.
So do you think he can expand that beyond just that year?
Is he a product of playing around really good players?
Regardless, if you're getting him in like the fourth or fifth round,
I think that's great value.
That's a great role of the dice for a guy that was so productive.
It's such a big program.
So Caden Curry out of Ohio State.
And then another big 10 guy, Mikhail Camara out of IU.
He's very interesting because was he like 6-1, 240, very stocky guy.
he's just one of those guys where he just gets the job done.
He's just disruptive.
You like what you see on tape, but he's probably not going to be a star,
but he's just going to be a consistent pest.
He's like a perfect third or fourth edge rusher to have in your rotation.
Just a guy that is going to make life difficult for offenses throughout if he hits.
I got a little bit of an injury history, which is noteworthy,
but, you know, probably decent day three risk to take.
Moving up next, Western Michigan.
Nadame Tucker.
So you like to see guys from these smaller schools be super productive.
That is absolutely the case with Tucker.
Over the last couple years, I think he's put up a lot of big numbers,
both in sacks and tackles for loss.
George Gums Jr. out of Florida, this is a guy very, very productive,
or not productive, but he's actually lacking production.
but very, very athletic.
You see a guy like that with this traits,
a good 40 explosive jumps and stuff,
he's probably capable more than what he's shown to this point.
And Anthony Lucas out of USC,
kind of similar story,
probably not as explosive as gums.
He's got really good size.
Very much adequate testing scores as well.
So, like, he's got a good blend of size and athleticism
that you look for.
Just hasn't been productive.
and just he doesn't look like he's been taught up enough how to use his physical tools.
He just kind of gets by out there.
But there's a lot of things to like where, you know,
if you get a defensive line coach that's really good and knows how to get the best out of guys,
he certainly got the traits there.
Linebacker.
So the good news is linebackers continue to be decently solid going into rounds four and five.
Deontay Lawson.
You're looking at a Mike linebacker that's good in coverage out of Alabama.
He's pretty solid.
He's, again, he's a great leader.
Alabama Mike linebackers, it just seems like they're all built the same and they all give you some value in the NFL.
Just good instincts, high football IQ, like I mentioned, leader, good in coverage, violent player.
I like what I see there, especially for a fourth round value.
And then Caleb, alarms, or, and Kishon Elliott.
Alarms or at a TCU and Elliott out of Arizona State.
Those are two guys with really good athleticism,
especially alarms or he had like really good explosive scores.
He's very much a downhill, one cut, you know, violent player.
He just needs to attack the backfield.
If you're asking him to move linearly or anything, it's not going to be great.
He's just a downhill explosive guy.
Again, one direction.
He might get a little lost out there in coverage,
but I think he's playable as a Mike linebacker.
Kishon Elliott, again, good athlete.
He's not really much of a liability in any one area.
He's just not like outstanding in any one thing.
Just a good, solid like Anthony Walker, Jr. type of player.
Got plenty of utility.
He's just really not going to be a star.
Round five.
I actually like these round five guys quite a bit.
Bryce Betcher out of Oregon.
That's a guy that could probably go in round four,
but he's a little undersized, short arms.
I really like the way he attacks things on the boundary,
whether it's screen passes or just outside runs.
He is another just put his face in glass.
He doesn't care what he's going through.
He's going to make the play type of player.
Bryce Betcher, very good option there.
And then Aiden Fisher, just a good,
heady, responsible Mike linebacker.
Again, good in coverage.
A lot of the things I like about Deonté Law.
I like about Aden Fisher.
He doesn't really jump off the screen, but he just always puts himself in the right position.
And then Jack Kelly, kind of just an undersized, scrappy, like run defender.
I think he will be a special team's demon.
He looks like he was built to play special teams in the NFL.
Just his mentality, straight line explosive speed, determined, you know, there's not much not to like.
But you're not taking him to play much defense.
you're taking him probably to be the star of your special teams unit.
And then at receiver in the fourth and fifth round,
I've got a little excitability still left here,
especially with the receivers in the fourth round.
So I continue to not know what to do with Deshaun Stribly,
who is probably the receiver you've heard us talk most about on the show out of Ole Miss.
So I've seen him recently as high as the second round,
most commonly in the fourth round.
So I'm going here off of NFL mock draft database where they do a consensus big board where they take a bunch of big boards,
bunch of mock drafts.
They average it out and they come together with a consensus big board to put guys where they are most commonly ranked across the entire internet.
And Stribling's value is the fourth round.
I don't get it.
I would take him in the second round.
I think he's a great player.
Height weight speed, good hands, like can make contested catches, good before and after the catch.
There's not much not to like.
If you're getting him in the fourth round, you are getting away with highway robbery.
Jacoby Lane out of USC.
Great hand, spectacular catch type of player.
Big body, he's just not, he's not super explosive.
He's not going to outrun a ton of guys.
Separation, I mean, the reason he's so good at contested catch balls is because he doesn't get the best separation in the world.
But he's a very exciting player as well.
He's, you know, would be great to have down in the red zone,
especially, which makes a lot of sense for Jeff Caldwell as well.
Six, five, like two, fifteen, I think.
A big-bodied guy out of Louisville.
Just hasn't been much of a finished product yet.
Came from Lindenwood, though.
So he came from a small school and did really well there.
So this is this year's Mike Strawn, I think.
You know, he probably needs to learn to play a little bit better to his size and strength.
But he's got decent size, or great size.
the decent athleticism and decent enough hands where I think if you could hit with Jeff Caldwell,
you're getting a pretty dangerous player.
Again, fourth round, that's nothing to really sneeze at.
And then there's a few guys here.
Decent size and I don't want to say explosive, but like their athleticism is good.
Their size is pretty good.
And I like their ability to make plays, especially after the catch.
I'll group these guys together.
Josh Cameron out of Baylor, Cyrus Allen, out of Cincinnati.
and Reggie Virgil, I think, out of Texas Tech.
These are three guys I really have, you know, through the Combine,
through the Senior Bowl, when I watch them, you know, they're not spectacular,
but I see them like, you know what, they're doing what they're asked to do.
They're making some plays.
You can see the traits there that would be attractive.
Again, decent size, decent athleticism, and their tape is not bad either.
Some of these guys have even been leading receivers for their team.
So I like those guys a good deal.
Again, when you're getting to the fifth round,
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We are going through each round of the draft of the Coltav.
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
We're looking at their three biggest needs, edge, linebacker, and receiver.
And we're giving you three players for each position group in each of those rounds.
we are now on to rounds six and seven.
So let's look at these edge players now.
So we're going to Wisconsin.
So already we've got Chris Ballard's ears perked up.
Mason Rager, kind of a tall, lengthy edge rusher,
kind of like we mentioned with Denise Sutton.
You don't think a guy that with this frame that looks like that would be very productive,
but he's just relentless.
Mason Rager is a guy that knows how to get into the backfield.
It showed pretty good testing scores.
I thought his on-field workout at the combine was,
pretty good. I thought he's a very fluid mover.
I look like he'd be able to move out in space a little bit, even though lengthy,
lanky guys really aren't usually like that.
If you could put some weight on him and not lose any of that mobility, any of that
explosion, I think you'd be fine there.
Vincent Anthony Jr. out of Dukes, the guy you guys hear me talk a lot about, just a bit.
He just looks the type of a Louanderumo defensive end, you know, about 6-5-66, 260 or so.
stout player, decent length, you know, good motor.
He's dependable.
At this point, you're not getting a ton of upside with the edge rushers.
You just want a guy who can fit into your rotation.
And God forbid, if you ever have to start them, they're going to be able to hold up a little
bit against the run and maybe provide a little bit of pass rush.
This next guy, though, kind of a little bit of an outlier.
Trey Moore from Texas.
You know, he's a transfer, a little bit of an undersized guy after playing him at edge because he's kind of more of a bigger offball linebacker.
But was off ball, got to do a bit more edge rush stuff.
And he showed good edge rush traits.
You know, he's already got some good moves, good athleticism, good motor.
So Tray Moore is pretty interesting there.
Watching him and Anthony Hill Jr. together was quite the pair.
Moving on to the seventh round.
So you guys have heard us talk a little bit lately about Nigerian IPP sensation UR Bernard,
the guy that lit up the HVACU showcase a couple weeks ago.
Well, there was another guy there that turned a lot of heads as well.
This is edge rusher Joshua Wauru from Kenya.
So the Colts already looked into Bernard.
I've got to imagine they maybe looked into Warru as well as maybe a late round guy.
a priority free agent.
So Raroo had good size, great explosion scores.
If it weren't for Uar Bernard doing what he did at his size at defensive tackle,
I think Warru's name would have been making the rounds a lot more than they have as well.
Nogelik Kelly from UCF, I'll tie him and Marvin Jones Jr. together from Oklahoma.
So these guys, again, they've got good size, good traits.
modest tape as pass rushers so far, but like all their traits together makes you think there's
probably more there left to do.
Like Jones, for example, his dad is Marvin Jones Sr., former linebacker in the NFL.
So he kind of knows the deal there.
He's got good hands when he rushes the passer.
And then Najellate Kelly is a guy who gets around the edge pretty well, I think.
He understands just kind of straight line pass rushing, but he needs more of.
a plan. Again, good athleticism, good size. You just want these guys maybe coached up a little bit more.
They might take a couple of years to develop, but they've got some traits there that are kind of, that's
kind of endearing at linebacker. Kind of just looking at special teams guys when you look at late,
late round linebackers. Some of these guys have some upside. But Owen Heineke from Oklahoma,
that is going to be a special team's ace for sure. He just flies around the field. He's a little bit
undersized, but very determined.
I wouldn't play him on defense much because he's just going to be taken out a bit.
Again, he's not super strong, not super big, but if you get him out there in open space on that
kickoff and stuff, he'll be just fine.
Justin Jefferson out of Alabama, really interesting guy, again, a bit undersized,
but interesting in coverage.
I think he flies around a good bit and has some good instincts there.
Wesley Basanthe from Miami, you guys probably saw him in the national championship as well,
doing some good things out there.
Zach, just the other day, mentioned him as a potential safety fit as well.
Or one of these guys that can kind of play dime linebacker.
You can move him around a bit.
He's got good abilities and coverage, good instincts there.
But he's a tough guy, too.
He'll lay a hit.
I mean, you can ask Fernando Mendoza each of the last two years when Mendoza was with
Cal and with IU, this Anthony has laid some big hits on him.
Looking at the seventh round, the Colts have shown.
on some level of interest in Missouri linebacker Khalil Jacobs.
A small kind of explosive guy, you know, special teams upside.
Nomdi Obiasor from TCU, former safety.
Interesting guy, very solid.
Lance Zerline actually has him rank really high,
but the consensus big board, he's like a seventh round guy.
So it may wind up falling somewhere where he's like fifth or sixth.
if Zerlion's evaluation is based on where NFL teams have him.
But he's an interesting guy.
Solid, again, not.
He's got some explosion, is good attacking downhill.
Can move a bit sideline to sideline,
but I don't think you want him, you know,
just having an orbit out there in coverage.
I think you might get a little bit lost there.
And then Eric Gentry is a guy.
We've mentioned somewhat recently,
or at least at the beginning of the process.
he's got he's he his frame makes no sense at linebacker he's like 6-6 super lanky he's it's
it's hard to say what you want to do with him is would he be better as an edgebrusher
linebacker is a bit weird for a guy that big and lengthy to be out in space
do you try and make him some sort of specialized players like on the field goal or pump
block you know but his size and length
is just intriguing enough where in the seventh round, it's like, why not? You know?
And then looking at these sixth and seventh round receivers, like I mentioned, you're looking for
guys who have some sort of reasonable size, athleticism, ability to separate, some explosive ability,
maybe yards after catch. Tyrone Montgomery from John Carroll is someone I was surprised,
didn't even get invited to the Combine, because he had a great senior bowl and was one of the
biggest surprises and positive stories of the senior bowl. He's a good field stretcher. Big,
big play guy can make some contested catches. He is a go and get a type of player. I wouldn't
be mad at all if the Colts took a lay round flyer on him. Jay Michael Sturtevant from Florida.
That's someone that Zach has mentioned as well. So he's transferred a couple times. He's been
to three or four schools. He's good production in 2022, but he's never, he's never replicated that
anywhere else.
He's got decent size, again, can kind of gut out those tough yards.
Barian Brown from LSU, that's a good kick return guy.
I think six kickoff returns in his career for touchdown.
So he's very, very interesting.
Vinning Anthony, the second from Wisconsin, again, another Wisconsin guy.
So look out for Chris Ballard there.
And Jordan Hudson and Donovan McCulley, formerly IU, now Michigan.
I kind of drop these guys in a bucket where it's like, you know, they've got some good tape out there.
McCulley is interesting.
He made some big play.
He's had some injury history with IU.
Hudson, I think if you're looking for someone who is like, you want him in the rotation as a potential Michael Pitman Jr.
Replacement to get tough yards and maybe he's got some upside to actually play eventually.
Hudson can do that.
Benny Anthony is kind of more of a downfield big play guy.
It's weird because he doesn't really have like elite speed,
but that's where he kind of shines.
You might actually compare him a little bit to Nick Westbrookina.
Decent frame.
He finds a way to win downfield and he's got some special teams prowess,
but he's not really elite in any one area.
So I just do a ton of names at you guys.
You might have to go back and listen to this two or three times.
But yeah, again, we went over.
edge rushers, linebackers, and receivers, and each round of the draft of the Colts will be picking,
and some of the guys, three for each round of each position, that make a lot of sense for the Colts.
So thank you for listening to me. Talk for a while.
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