Before the 2019 season began, the Indianapolis Colts traded cornerback Nate Hairston to the New York Jets in exchange for a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2020 NFL draft. It seems the Colts will be giving that pick back to the Jets.
The Colts reportedly returned the conditional sixth-round pick to the Jets after those conditions weren’t met during the 2019 season, per Brian Costello of the New York Post.
Throughout the offseason, the Colts were reported and thought to have nine total draft picks and two in the second round. However, that second pick in the sixth round now belongs back to the Jets after the conditions of the trade weren’t met.
It isn’t clear what those conditions were in the trade. Hairston played 11 games and only played 35.7% of New York’s defensive snaps. He recorded 24 tackles, two for a loss, three passes defended and one interception.
We know how much Chris Ballard likes his draft picks so this will be a big deal for him even if it was a sixth-round pick.
So now the Colts are scheduled to have eight picks in the 2020 NFL draft—one in each round with an extra second-round pick from Washington.
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