Colts’ 7-round mock draft nets new QB-TE duo

A new 7-round mock draft.

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No. 44 |  Tee Higgins | WR | Clemson

In any other year, Higgins would arguably be a late-first round pick and one of the top five receivers in the draft, but this is a very deep receiver class so Higgins could fall as he did here. At 44, the Colts could go a lot of ways but they desperately need play-making outside at receiver with the Funchess experiment failing, and with T.Y. Hilton getting up there in age.

The Higgins pick would be an immediate impact Day 1 for the Colts. Rivers has thrived his whole career with big-body receivers, Mike Williams, Kennan Allen, Vincent Jackson, so the Colts should go for the 6-foot-4, 215-pound receiver out of Clemson here. Higgins isn’t the most explosive or dynamic athlete, but he has a huge catch radius and can high point the ball better than any other receiver in this draft.

Other players available: WR KJ Hamler, Penn State | IDL Marlon Davidson Auburn | Trevon Diggs, CB, Alabama