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NFL Draft ‘Day 2’: Best Available Players for Colts

By Luke Schultheis

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While the Indianapolis Colts 1st round selection of Miami Hurricanes wideout Phillip Dorsett wasn’t exactly a popular pick, fortunately the team still has 8 more selections in this year’s NFL Draft to address their defense and pacify concerns, including “Day 2”: Round 2-3 selections.

Below are some of the best available prospects at each position:

Quarterback:

1. Bryce Petty, Baylor

2. Brett Hundley, UCLA

3. Sean Mannion, Oregon State

4. Garrett Grayson, Colorado State

5. Cody Fajardo, Nevada

Running Back:

1. Tevin Coleman, Indiana

2. Duke Johnson, Miami

3. Jay Ajayi, Boise State

4. Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska

5. David Johnson, Northern Iowa

Wide Receiver (Please no!): 

1. Dorial Green-Beckham, Oklahoma

2. Jaelen Strong, Arizona State

3. Devin Smith, Ohio State

4. Rashad Greene, Florida State

5. Sammie Coates, Auburn

Tight End: 

1. Maxx Williams, Minnesota

2. Clive Walford, Miami

3. Tyler Kroft, Rutgers

4. Blake Bell, Oklahoma

5. Jeff Heuerman, Ohio State

Offensive Tackle: 

1. T.J. Clemmings, Pittsburgh

2. Jake Fisher, Oregon

3. Donovan Smith, Penn State

4. Ty Sambrailo, Colorado State

5. Daryl Williams, Oklahoma

Interior Offensive Lineman:

1. A.J. Cann, South Carolina

2. Mitch Morse, Missouri

3. Ali Marpet, Hobart

4. Tre Jackson, Florida State

5. John Miller, Louisville

Defensive Line: 

1. Eddie Goldman, Florida State

2. Jordan Phillips, Oklahoma

3. Michael Bennett, Ohio State

4. Carl Davis, Iowa

5. Grady Jarrett, Clemson

Pass Rushers: 

1. Randy Gregory, Nebraska

2. Eli Harold, Virginia

3. Preston Smith, Mississippi State

4. Hau’oli Kikaha, Washington

5. Owamagbe Odighizuwa, UCLA

Honorable mention: Nate Orchard, Utah

Inside Linebackers: 

1. Eric Kendricks, UCLA

2. Denzel Perryman, Miami (Fla.)

3. Paul Dawson, TCU

4. Benardrick McKinney, Mississippi State

5. Ben Heeney, Kansas

Cornerbacks: 

1. Eric Rowe, Utah

2. Jalen Collins, LSU

3. Ronald Darby, Florida State

4. Quinten Rollins, Miami (OH.)

5. D’Joun Smith, Florida Atlantic

Safeties:

1. Landon Collins, Alabama

2. Eric Rowe, Utah

3. Jaquiski Tartt, Samford

4. Derron Smith, Fresno State

5.  Adrian Amos, Penn State

Obviously, defense should remain a high priority for the team. While it’s highly unlikely that a prized prospect like Alabama’s Landon Collins, UCLA’s Eric Kendricks, Florida State’s Eddie Goldman, or Nebraska’s Randy Gregory fall to the Colts at pick #61 overall, stranger things have happened. Trade-ups always remain a possibility. If yesterday was any indication, the Colts 2nd and 3rd round selections should be interesting to say the least.

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