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Rookie Spotlight: What Phillip Dorsett Can Bring in 2015

By Nicholas Cline

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Usually, a first round pick brings excitement to a team. That might not have been the case when the Indianapolis Colts took Phillip Dorsett with the 29th overall pick last week.

The Colts seemed to have one of, if not the deepest, wide receiver units in the NFL. Yet, Ryan Grigson and Chuck Pagano pulled the trigger on Dorsett, a blazing fast wideout from Miami.

Scouts for the Colts clocked him running his 40 at 4.24 at his Pro Day, and he plays that fast on film. He gets away from defenses quick, and I mean quick.

And if you think you have an angle to catch him, you are wrong.

I mean dead wrong.

But again, he will likely be buried on the depth chart behind T.Y. Hilton, Andre Johnson, and Donte Moncrief. It is possible that he could battle Moncrief for the third spot, but I believe that it will go to Donte because of the extra year of seasoning under his belt.

Dorsett will likely battle Duron Carter for the fourth spot amongst the unit, but the Colts will look to get him the ball in other ways, especially on kick and punt returns.

When watching Dorsett in open space, there might not have been a better receiver in the draft. And although he only had one punt and eight kickoff returns last year, he was Miami’s number one wideout. Suffice to say, they wanted him on offense more.

Still, he will have to work on his return game for next season, especially since the Colts released

Josh Cribbs

just a day after drafting him.

But the ability is there in the return game:

Another way they can get the ball to Dorsett will be on designed run plays like jet sweeps and reverses. Getting him into open space will be the key for next season, as he will likely play in limited snaps on offense.

And one last thing that has me salivating to see would be having Hilton and Dorsett split out to the same side and run screens to either one.

As you can see above, Dorsett has no fear in blocking on screens. And whether it be himself, or Hilton on the quick bubble screen, it would have defensive coordinators’ heads spinning as both have game breaking speed in open space.

However Pep Hamilton draws it up this season, it should be fun to watch the Colts newest weapon on the field. I fully expect Dorsett to see around 300 snaps this season, in almost every way they can get the ball to him.

Bring on September!

(Videos courtesy of DraftBreakdown.com)

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