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The Indianapolis Colts today will begin their rookie mini-camp, which runs for three days this weekend and is a time where the team and their coaches can work with the rookies that have been brought in.
These players include draft picks, undrafted free agents, tryout players, and a few others. This year in camp, it looks like the Colts will have 70 players participating, per Colts.com’s Kevin Bowen. Chris Ballard yesterday said that the team would have 73 players participating so it’s possible that a couple of tryout guys couldn’t make it. But either way, 70 is a very large number for a team to have at rookie mini-camp, and it goes right along with Ballard’s emphasis on competition.
Every year there seem to be at least a few players who stand out so much in rookie mini-camp that they wind up getting signed shortly thereafter, and last year Frankie Williams was a notable example. And especially with 40 guys in on a tryout basis, it shouldn’t be a surprise at all if next week we see a couple of them officially sign with the Colts - perhaps at the expense of some of the UDFAs who did already sign with them.
The participants are made up of the Colts’ eight draft picks, 18 undrafted free agent signings, 40 tryout players, and four others. Here’s the full list, again per the roster Kevin Bowen tweeted out.
Draft picks (8):
Malik Hooker, S, Ohio State
Quincy Wilson, CB, Florida
Tarell Basham, OLB, Ohio
Zach Banner, T, USC
Marlon Mack, RB, South Florida
Grover Stewart, DT, Albany State
Nate Hairston, CB, Temple
Anthony Walker, ILB, Northwestern
Undrafted free agent signings (18):
Deyshawn Bond, G, Cincinnati
Dalton Crossan, RB, New Hampshire
Darrell Daniels, TE, Washington
Trey Griffey, WR, Arizona
Thomas Hennessy, LS, Duke
Bug Howard, WR, North Carolina
Colin Jeter, TE, LSU
Jerome Lane, WR, Akron
Chris Lyles, CB, Mississippi College
Christopher Muller, G, Rutgers
JoJo Natson, WR, Akron
Reggie Porter, CB, Utah
Brandon Radcliff, RB, Louisville
Rigoberto Sanchez, P, Hawaii
Garrett Sickels, OLB, Penn State
Jhaustin Thomas, DE, Iowa State
Jerry Ugokwe, OT, William & Mary
Phillip Walker, QB, Temple
Tryout players (40):
Dante Blackmon, CB, Kennesaw State
Brandon Brown-Dukes, RB, Mercyhurst (PA)
Leroy Clark, S, Purdue
Joseph Conte, G, Virginia Tech
Noor Davis, ILB, Stanford
Deshawn Dowdy, TE, Cincinnati
Jacob Duzey, TE, Iowa
Ed Eagan, WR, Northwestern State (LA)
Zachary Edwards, S, Cincinnati
Andrew Eide, G, BYU
Aiulua Fanene, DT, Arizona
Jakori Ford, RB, Idaho State
Josh Gable, P, Kearney High School
Justin Gibbons, CB, Aurora
Spencer Goffigan, TE, Jacksonville State
Jakhari Gore, RB, Marian (IN)
Tyson Graham, S, South Dakota
Martez Hester, S, Ball State
Anthony Jefferson, DT, Mississippi State
Ridge Jones, WR/RS, New Mexico
Samson Kafovalu, DT, Colorado
Patrick Levels, CB, Baylor
Melvin Kewis, NT, Kentucky
Totauhelotu Lotulelei, OLB, UNLV
Keith Lumpkin, T, Rutgers
Motekiai Maile, DT, Oklahoma State
James McFarland, OLB, TCU
Blake Muir, G, Baylor
Jack Nelson, QB, Winona State
Bradley Northnagel, LS, California
Marcus Oliver, LB, Indiana
Sydney Omameh, OLB, Grand Valley State
Josh Popper, ILB, Rowan
Al-Damion Riles, WR, LA Lafayette
Brian Riley, WR, San Diego
Prince Sam, CB, Louisiana Tech
Trenton Smith, CB, Calgary
Mark Thomas, CB, Southern Connecticut
Colby Wadman, P, UC Davis
Andrew Wylie, G, Eastern Michigan
Others (4):
Mo Alie-Cox
Fahn Cooper
Lee Hightower
Adam Redmond