Player Profile - Team Captains

[BSteph1]

It’s pretty clear the Ballard regime puts a heavy emphasis on leadership and football character. About 75% of the Colts draft picks over the last two years were team captains.

With that in mind, here’s a list of 2020 draft prospects that are also team captains that I thought might be worth sharing. 
 

A couple of quick points: in addition to captaincy (C), I’ve also noted Senior Bowl players (SB), the position-adjusted SPARQ percentile of players that worked out at the combine, and arm length for positions that the Colts probably have a threshold for (OL, DL, and CB). I left out probable first rounders, since the Colts aren’t scheduled to pick until #34, and limited my focus to combine invitees.
 

Also, this list isn’t meant to be comprehensive. Tracking down team captains isn’t as easy as it might seem — particularly for schools that nominate individual game captains. 

 

QB
Jalen Hurts (C, SB)

Jake Fromm (C)

Cole McDonald (C)

James Morgan (C)

Steven Montez (C, SB)

Nate Stanley (C)

Jake Luton (C)

Brian Lewerke (C)

Tyler Huntley (C)

 

RB

Jonathan Taylor (C, 96%)

D’Andre Swift (C, 63%)

JK Dobbins (C)

Eno Benjamin (C, SB, 62%)

Antonio Gibson (C, SB, 89%)

 

WR

Michael Pittman Jr. (C, SB, 85%) 

Devin Duvernay (C, SB, 93%) 

Bryan Edwards (C) 

KJ Osborne (C, 79%) 

Jauan Jennings (C, SB, 13%)

Marquez Calloway (C, 58%)

Aaron Parker (C, 4%)

KJ Hill (C, SB, 32%)

Tyler Johnson (C)

Antonio Gandy-Golden (C, SB, 67%) 

Chris Finke (C, 17%)

Freddie Swain (C, 53%)

Lynn Bowden (C)

Collin Johnson (C) 

James Proche (C)

 

IOL

John Simpson (C, SB, 45%, 34 1/8)

Matt Hennessy (C, SB, 70%, 32 1/4)

Tyler Biadasz (C, SB, 32 1/4) 

Nick Harris (C, SB, 83%, 32 1/8)

Lloyd Cushenberry (C, SB, 59%, 34 1/8)

Hakeem Adeniji (C, SB, 54%, 33 3/4) 

Danny Pinter (C, 94%, 31 7/8) 

Ben Bredeson (C, SB, 31 1/8)

Shane Lemieux (C, SB, 52%, 32 1/4)

Cohl Cabral (C, 32 1/4)

Kevin Dotson (C)

Logan Stenberg (C, SB, 18%, 32 1/2)

Cameron Clark (C, 34 1/8)

Jonah Jackson (C - Rutgers, SB, 12%, 33 1/2)

Kyle Murphy (C, 33 7/8)

Calvin Throckmorton (C, 32 1/2)

Simon Stepaniak (C, 32)

Colton McKivitz (C, SB, 27%, 33 3/4)

 

OT

Prince Tega Wanogho (C, 33 1/2)

Josh Jones (C, SB, 60%, 33 7/8) 

Ben Bartch (C, SB, 32 7/8)

Matt Peart (C, SB, 96%, 36 5/8) 

Lucas Niang (C, SB, 34 1/4)

Terence Steele (C, SB, 82%, 35 1/8)  

Charlie Heck (C, SB, 80%, 34 1/8) 

 

TE

Adam Trautman (C, SB, 73%) 

Colby Parkinson (C, 70%) 

Brycen Hopkins (C, SB, 36%) 

Dalton Keene (C, 54%)

Josiah Deguara (C, SB, 20%)

Charlie Taumoepeau (C, SB, 65%)

 

EDGE

Josh Uche (C, SB, 33 5/8) 

Zack Baun (C, SB, 60%, 32 3/4)

Bradlee Anae (C, SB, 13%, 32 1/8)

Darrell Taylor (C, 33) 

DJ Wonnum (C, SB, 69%, 33 1/8) 

Curtis Weaver (C, 68%, 32 3/8)

Casey Toohill (C, 89%, 33 1/2) 

Alex Highsmith (C, 68%, 33 1/8) 

Derek Tuzuka (C, 71%, 31 3/8) 

James Smith WIlliams (C, 83%, 33 3/4) 

Kenny Willekes (C, SB, 33%, 31 1/4)

Anfernee Jennings (C, SB, 32 7/8) 

Jonathan Greenard (C - Louisville, SB, 32%, 34 7/8) 

Khalid Kareem (C, 34 3/8) 

Tipa Galaei (C, 33 5/8)

LaDarius Hamilton (C, 9%, 32 1/8)

Kendall Coleman (C, 7%, 31 3/4)

Cam Gill (C)

 

DT

Leki Fotu (C, SB, 93%, 34 1/4)

Ross Blacklock (C, 21%, 32 3/8)

Jordan Elliott (C, 65%, 32 3/8, 63%) 

Rashard Lawrence (C, 32%, 34 1/8)

Jason Strowbridge (C, SB, 20%, 32 3/8) 

Neville Gallimore (C, SB, 69%, 32 3/4) 

Marlon Davidson (C, SB, 33%, 33)

Broderick Washington (C, 32 1/2)

McTelvin Agim (C, SB, 89%, 33 1/2)

Raequan Williams (C, 31%, 33 3/8)

Teair Tart (C)

Malcolm Roach (C, 93%, 31 7/8) 

Darrion Daniels (C, 51%, 33 1/4)

 

S

Jeremy Chinn (C, SB, 99%) 

Kyle Dugger (C, SB, 99%)

Tanner Muse (C, 94%)

Brandon Jones (C)

K’Von Wallace (C, SB, 97%) 

Daniel Thomas (C, 91%) 

L’Jarius Snead (C, 98%, 31 3/8) 

Alohi Gilman (C, SB, 34%) 

JR Reed (C, 66) 

Geno Stone (C, 26%)

Xavier McKinney (C, 20%)

Jalen Elliot (C, SB, 28%)

 

CB

Bryce Hall (C, 32 1/4) 

Dane Jackson (C, SB, 7%, 30 3/8)

Kindle Vildor (C, SB, 60%, 32 1/4)

Brian Cole (C, SB, 87%, 31 3/8)

Michael Ojemuda (C, SB, 66%, 32 1/4)

Jeff Gladney (C, 27%, 31 7/8)

AJ Green (C, SB, 43%, 30 7/8)

Essang Bassey (C, SB, 56%, 31)

Demarkus Acy (C, 31 1/8)

Bopete Keyes (C, 32 5/8)

[Horse Shoe Heaven]

Nice work thanks for putting this together.

[NorthernColt]

Sign me up for Pittman, Trautman, Peart, Chinn and Vildor, Fotu and Agim.

[NewColtsFan]

You can add to the QB list,  Jason Love.

 

It's not on his bio at Utah State and that threw me.    But @Stitches found it elsewhere on the Utah State website.    So, Love WAS a captain for his team.

 

Oh, and GREAT work by you to find all this.   I think you'll be right that a good number of players will have been Captain's on their college teams.    Thanks for doing this.    I suspect many of us will cross-reference your list with the players we end up drafting and signing as FA's.

 

[Defjamz26]

This is fantastic work. I think this will be nice to refer too once the draft is over to see how many of our drafted players came from this group. 
 

If I had to do a quick mock based only on these guys, here’s how’d I go:

 

2: Michael Pittman, WR

2: Jeremy Chinn, SS

3: Matt Peart, OT

4: Michael Ojemuda, CB

5: Dalton Keene, TE

6: Malcolm Roach, DT

6: James Morgan, QB

[PrideOfAthens17]

I really like Deguara, the tight end from Cincy. A good athlete who moves well, and he'll likely still be available in the 2nd half of the draft.

[Four2itus]

Can we cross reference this with defenders who have long arms?

 

Long arms, and Captains.....hmmmmmm.....'

 

[Shive]

20 hours ago, NewColtsFan said:

You can add to the QB list,  Jason Love.

Ahhh, Jason Love. The long lost brother of Jordan Love. 

 

 

On a serious note, good addition, especially with how often he's mocked to us by a lot of us.

[funktacious2]

Thanks for this! Nice research!