Tuesday, April 7, 2009

He's a shoo-in for the Nth round

To give you an idea of how wildly divergent draft predictors can be, ColtPlay has collected a list of all the players that all sources have said the Colts have shown interest in.* Beside each of them are the places where — respectively — New Era Scouting, Couch Scout and GBNReport say they will be drafted. I put them in the order New Era has for them, not because I have more respect for them than the others, but because I thought of them first. NOL means not on their list.

So please let this end all the "we could get him in the such-and-such round" talk. If you still aren't convinced, check out the opinions on Asher Allen, Dudley Guice Jr. Nate Davis, Joe Burnett, Rashad Jennings and Chip Vaughn.

7/11/8 Mark Sanchez QB Southern California
9/14/15 Michael Oher T Mississippi
15/10/7 Jeremy Maclin WR Missouri
18/18/24 Knowshon Moreno RB Georgia
19/68/43 Alphonso Smith CB Wake Forest
23/19/19 Darrius Heyward-Bey WR Maryland State

Colts’ first-round pick

28/16/29 Connor Barwin DE Cincinnati
29/34/32 Alex Mack C Cal
37/30/28 Evander Hood DT Missouri
42/69/53 Clint Sintim LB Virginia
45/77/78 Ron Brace DT Boston College
49/62/48 Marcus Freeman LB Ohio State
50/90/47 Phil Loadholt T Oklahoma
58/59/64 Derrick Williams WR Penn State

Colts’ second-round pick

61/159/65 Nate Davis QB Ball State
62/33/21 Aaron Maybin DE Penn State
63/56/56 Fili Moala DT USC
74/150/59 Rashad Jennings RB Liberty
76/119/141 Zach Follett LB California
83/94/140 Mitch King DT Iowa
84/70/111 David Bruton S Notre Dame
88/334/129 Cody Brown DE Connecticut

Colts’ third-round pick

116/347/97 Chip Vaughn S Wake Forest
118/231/148 Michael Hamlin S Clemson

Colts’ first fourth-round pick

127/297/75 Asher Allen CB Georgia

Colts’ second fourth-round pick

146/65/171 Deon Butler WR Penn State
156/177/88 Corey Irvin DT Georgia

Colts’ fifth-round pick

171/61/NOL Joe Burnett CB Central Florida

Colts’ sixth-round pick

203/359/102 Demetrius Byrd WR LSU State

Colts’ seventh-round pick

290/562/NOL Jason Cook FB Ole Miss
298/2,259/NOL Thomas Morstead P SMU
319/307/NOL Frank Summers RB UNLV
331/255/NOL Jason Williams OLB Western Illinois
344/555/NOL Jordan Norwood WR Penn State
371/112/NOL Dudley Guice Jr. WR Northwestern State
387/241/NOL Andy Schantz ILB Portland State
399/225/NOL Dan Skuta DE Grand Valley State
NOL/296/NOL Russell Allen DE San Diego State
NOL/368/NOL Dewayne Lewis CB Southern Utah
NOL/377/NOL Billy Malone QB Abilene Christian
NOL/490/NOL Josh Gaines DE Penn State
NOL/547/NOL Al Afalava S Oregon State
NOL/551/NOL JaRon Harris WR South Dakota State
NOL/588/NOL Nick Santiago DT Syracuse
NOL/669/NOL Tez Doolittle DT Auburn
NOL/785/NOL Lonnie Harvey DT Morgan State
NOL/806/NOL Reggie Jones CB Portland State
NOL/918/NOL Andrew Johnson RB Akron
NOL/NOL/NOL Ramon Humber LB North Dakota State

*although I think a lot of them — especially at the top — are spurious

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