There’s a profile to the typical Indianapolis Colts draft selection since Chris Ballard became the franchise’s primary football decision-maker in 2017.
The quintessential Ballard pick is a defensive player – likely a defensive back – from a Big Ten program. He’ll play in the NFL for almost four years. He’ll have a 40 percent chance of developing into an NFL starter.
To get a sense of how Ballard might utilize his selections in the upcoming 2026 NFL Draft, we analyzed all 82 of his selections since 2017 and compared them against the NFL averages during that same time.