The Indianapolis Colts are just two weeks away from the 2022 NFL draft where they are hoping to add long-term talent to the roster.
Throughout the offseason, we’ve covered plenty of prospects that have met with the Colts both formally and informally. The phrase “top-30 visit” has been used countless times this offseason and while it can be tedious trying to sift through workouts and visits, there is a reason for the distinction.
Our friends over at Chiefs Wire explained the difference between a top-30 visit and a private workout perfectly so we’ll let them explain it:
First, we’ll start with the top-30 visit. Every team is allotted 30 prospects visits at team facilities with draft prospects each year. Teams can use these on whichever draft-eligible players they want, be it high-value targets who could be selected in the first round or players who might not be drafted at all.
While players are on top-30 visits they’ll have a chance to meet with coaching staff members, front office executives and tour the team facilities. Teams will often go over a player’s game film with them in order to try and get a better understanding of their football knowledge and how they study the game. They’ll also just generally spend time with them to get to know the person behind the player and get an idea of how they’d fit in team culture and within the community.
These top-30 visits can sometimes be medically motivated. These visits allow the team to perform a medical evaluation on the prospect if there are any concerns during the pre-draft process.
The workouts differ from the visit. They don’t take place at a team’s facility and typically happen at the school of the prospect in question. Given that the teams will run the prospect through drills like at their pro day, these are more performance motivated.
The Colts have met with several prospects this offseason. Not all of them will get reported. Luckily, Brent (@FanOfNuance) indirectly helped us out with his extensive prospect tracker this offseason. We’ll only be including private workouts and top-30 visits in this article but for more information, we highly recommend checking out Brent’s tracker.
We will continue to update this list until the draft arrives at the end of the month.