Kicking the tires does not mean a sale

Here at ColtPlay, it’s considered something of a duty to compile a list of players the Colts scout, interview or show some other interest in before the draft. We’ll do it again this year, but it may not be as helpful as you might think. Take a quick look at the guys reported by various media sources to have been scouted by the Colts in 2008:

7th/Bernard Morris QB Marshall (6030, 223, 4.68c/4.61pd)

7th/Blake Mitchell QB South Carolina (6022, 207, 4.78)

UDFA/Craig Hormann QB Columbia (6041, 228, 5.03)

UDFA/Mark Nicolet QB Hillsdale (6013, 220, 4.84)

4th/Jalen Parmele HB Toledo (5114, 224, 4.47)

5th/Thomas Brown HB Georgia (5083, 204, 4.51c/4.42pd)

7th/Alley Broussard HB Missouri Southern State (6002, 235, 4.75pd)

UDFA/Justin Beaver HB Wisconsin-Whitewater (5081, 196, 4.41)

UDFA/Kareem Huggins HB Hofstra (5087, 185, 4.47)

UDFA/Allen Ervin HB Lambuth (5106, 226, e4.55)

2nd/Mario Manningham WR Michigan (5116, 181, 4.59c/4.42pd)

2nd/Donnie Avery WR Houston (5110, 192, 4.43c/4.33pd)

3rd/Eddie Royal WR Virginia Tech (5095, 184, 4.39)

5th/Marcus Smith WR New Mexico (6013, 221, 4.50c/4.54pd)

6th/Luke Swan WR Wisconsin (5117, 195, 4.59)

UDFA/Jayson Foster WR Georgia Southern (5071, 169, 4.41)

UDFA/Pierre Garcon WR Mount Union (5117, 210, 4.42pd)

UDFA/James Banks WR Carson-Newman (6025, 210, 4.58)

UDFA/Tommy Ellingworth WR Augustana (5101, 183, 4.42)

5th/Joey Haynos TE Maryland (6075, 259, 4.87c/4.79pd)

7th/Michael Peterson TE Northwest Missouri State (6021, 247, 4.59)

UDFA/Paul Cleaver TE New Mexico State (6035, 243, 4.63)

UDFA/Joe Reitz TE Western Michigan (6061, 261, e4.85)

2nd/Gosder Cherilus T Boston College (6063, 314, 5.14c/5.00pd)

2nd/John Greco T Toledo (6046, 305, 5.31c/5.16pd)

3rd/Anthony Collins T Kansas (6055, 317, 5.54c/5.35pd)

7th/Kerry Brown G Appalachian State (6053, 308, 5.38)

7th/Mackenzy Bernardeau G Bentley (6041, 306, 5.25pd)

UDFA/Mike Martinez C New Mexico State (6037, 335, e5.30)

UDFA/Shawn McMakin G Hofstra (6030, 287, e5.25)

3rd/Marcus Howard DE Georgia (6004, 237, 4.47c)

6th/Titus Brown DE Mississippi State (6024, 246, 4.86c/4,82pd)

6th/Jeremy Geathers DE UNLV (6021, 256, 4.97c/4.74pd)

7th/Jameel McClain DE Syracuse (6006, 249, 4.73pd)

7th/Andy Studebaker DE Wheaton College (6030, 251, 4.61)

UDFA/Curtis Johnson DE Clark-Atlanta (6025, 242, 4.69c/4.60pd)

UDFA/Dan Davis DT Connecticut (6014, 287, 4.96)

UDFA/Shemiah LeGrande DT Hofstra (6001, 288, e5.00)

UDFA/Mike Czerwien DE Waynesburg (5080, 225, e4.55)

3rd/Tavares Gooden ILB Miami (6012, 234, 4.62c/4.57pd)

4th/Jo-Lonn Dunbar ILB Boston College (6004, 231, 4.79c/4.85pd)

5th/Joe Mays ILB North Dakota State (5110, 245, 4.87)

6th/Weston Dacus ILB Arkansas (6011, 237, 4.60)

6th/Danny Lansanah ILB Connecticut (6005, 251, 4.72)

7th/Jon Banks OLB Iowa State (6024, 220, 4.76)

UDFA/Jordan Senn OLB Portland State (5114, 224, 4.53)

UDFA/Jonna Lee ILB Charleston Southern (6011, 243, e4.85)

UDFA/Gian Villante ILB Hofstra (6016, 234, 4.64)

4th/Tyrell Johnson SS Arkansas State (5117, 207, 4.41)

5th/Jack Williams CB Kent State (5090, 186, 4.43c/4.32pd)

UFDA/Joe Fields FS Syracuse (6002, 205, e4.60)

UFDA/Curtis Cutts FS Central Michigan (5117, 216, 4.62):

UFDA/Dowayne Davis SS Syracuse (5113, 202, 4.46)

7th/Piotr Czech K Wagner College (6044, 212)

UFDA/Dan Zeidman P Idaho State (6003, 205, 4.78)

You’ll notice that just two of them – Marcus Howard and Pierre Garcon – were drafted by the Colts. That’s two of 55 guys scouted (3.64 percent) and two of the Colts’ nine draft picks (22.22 percent), so tallying who they looked at is just not all that accurate. Curtis Johnson and Jordan Senn signed with the Colts as undrafted free agents, and Joe Reitz ended up with the Colts after a position change and stops in Baltimore and Miami. Sadly, Mike Czerwein died in a tragic construction accident. And am I the only one who forgot they looked a guy named Justin Beaver?