LB Bobby Okereke
Another young Colts defensive stud makes this list in 2020. Okereke was a third-round pick of the Colts in the 2019 draft. Early on it seemed it would be a while before Okereke would see significant snaps at linebacker with Darius Leonard and Anthony Walker having those spots solidifed, but once he got on the field he produced. His 2019 season included 65 tackles, an interception returned for two points, a sack and a forced fumble.
Okereke showed flashes last year as both the MIKE and SAM linebacker on defense, and was graded out by PFF at 77.3, which was the highest among all rookie linebackers in 2019.
What will be interesting is Okereke and Walker’s snap counts. Okereke is best as a coverage linebacker, but with Anthony Walker as the starting MIKE linebacker, and typcially the Colts only run two linebackers on defense at once, Okereke could see a big jump in snaps, and a big jump in production this year.