This is a list of NFL draft selections by the Indianapolis Colts. The first draft that the current incarnation of the Colts franchise participated in was 1953, in which they made halfback Billy Vessels of Oklahoma their first ever selection.

Key = All-Pro or Pro Bowler= MVP= Hall of Famer

1953 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 2 2 Billy Vessels Halfback Oklahoma 2 1 14 Bernie Flowers End Purdue 3 1 26 Buck McPhail Fullback Oklahoma 4 1 38 Tom Catlin Center Oklahoma 5 1 50 Jack Little Offensive tackle Texas A&M 6 1 62 Jim Sears Quarterback USC 7 1 74 Bill Athey Guard Baylor 8 1 86 Jim Prewett Tackle Tulsa 9 1 98 Bob Blair Tight end TCU 10 1 110 John Cole Halfback Arkansas 11 1 122 Gene Rossi Halfback Cincinnati 12 1 134 Kaye Vaughn Guard Tulsa 13 1 146 Bobby Moorhead Halfback Georgia Tech 14 1 158 Frank Continetti Guard George Washington 15 1 170 Buddy Sutton Halfback Arkansas 16 1 182 Jim Currin End Dayton 17 1 194 George Rambour Tackle Dartmouth 18 1 206 LeRoy Labat Halfback LSU 19 1 218 Bill Powell Halfback California 20 1 230 Pete Russo Tackle Indiana 21 1 242 Frank Kirby Tackle Bucknell 22 1 254 Merlin Gish Center Kansas 23 1 266 Mike Houseplan Guard Tulane 24 1 278 Monte Brethauer Defensive back Oregon 25 1 290 Joe Szombathy End Syracuse 26 1 302 Scott Prescott Center Minnesota 27 1 314 Ray Graves Halfback Texas A&M 28 1 326 Joe Sabol Halfback UCLA 29 1 338 Jack Alessandrini Guard Notre Dame 30 1 350 Tom Roche Tackle Northwestern

1954 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 5 5 Cotton Davidson Quarterback Baylor 2 3 16 Larry Grigg Back Oklahoma 5 4 53 Don Ellis Back Texas A&M 7 4 77 Glenn Turner Back Georgia Tech 8 3 88 Dennis McCotter Guard Detroit 9 4 101 Robert Adams Guard Shippensburg 10 3 112 Robert Schoonmaker Back Missouri 11 4 125 Robert Leberman Defensive back Syracuse 12 3 136 Donald Chelf Tackle Iowa 13 4 149 Chuck McMillan Defensive back John Carroll 14 3 160 Ordell Braase Defensive end South Dakota 15 4 173 Joe D'Agostino Guard Florida 16 3 184 Alex Sandusky Center Clarion 17 4 197 Thomas Adkins Center Kentucky 18 3 208 Dick Shinaut Quarterback Texas Western 19 4 221 Charley Wenzlau Center Miami (OH) 20 3 232 Raymond Berry Wide receiver SMU 21 4 245 Robert Lade Guard Nebraska State Teacher's College 22 3 256 Bob Meyer Tackle Ohio State 23 4 269 Leon Hardeman Back Georgia Tech 24 3 280 Donald Kerlin Back Concordia 25 4 293 Pepper Rodgers Back Georgia Tech 26 3 304 Jesus Esparza Tackle New Mexico A&M 27 4 317 William Sennett Center Georgia Tech 28 3 328 Raymond Ecstrom Center Westminster 29 4 341 Claude Taliaferro Back Illinois 30 3 352 Pat Abbruzzi Back Rhode Island

1955 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 1 1 George Shaw Quarterback Oregon 1 3 3 Alan Ameche Fullback Wisconsin 2 3 16 Dick Szymanski Center Notre Dame 3 2 27 L.G. Dupre Halfback Baylor 4 7 44 Jack Patera Linebacker Oregon 5 2 51 George Preas Guard Virginia Tech 6 3 64 Leo Lewis Halfback Lincoln (MO) 7 2 75 Frank McDonald Center Miami (FL) 8 3 88 Dale Meinert Linebacker Oklahoma A&M 9 2 99 Walter Bryan Defensive back Texas Tech 9 7 104 William Evans Guard Miami (OH) 11 2 123 Emil Radik Halfback Omaha 12 3 136 Dick Chorovich Defensive tackle Miami (OH) 13 2 147 Pat Abbruzzi Halfback Rhode Island 14 3 160 John Lee Back Georgia Tech 15 2 171 Jerry Peterson Defensive tackle Texas 16 3 184 Dick Laswell Tackle TCU 17 2 195 Wesley Clark Tackle Mississippi Southern 18 3 208 Charley Shepherd Halfback North Texas State 19 2 219 James Cobb Tackle Abilene Christian 20 3 232 Charles Cianciola Center Lawrence College 21 2 243 Nick Manych Center Michigan State Normal 22 3 256 Jerry Welch Halfback South Dakota State 23 2 267 Dick McNamara Halfback Minnesota 24 3 280 Alex Esquivel Halfback Mexico City College 25 2 291 Richard Grann Tackle Rhode Island 26 3 304 Marion Minker Tackle Bucknell 27 2 315 James Locke Tackle Virginia Tech 28 3 328 Robert Myers Tackle Ohio State 29 2 339 Bill Waters Tackle Austin

1956 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 9 9 Lenny Moore Halfback Penn State 2 8 21 Dick Donlin End Hamline 3 8 33 Bob Pascal Halfback Duke 4 6 43 B.C. Inabinet Tackle Clemson 5 6 55 Herb Gray End Texas 6 6 67 Don Schmidt Halfback Texas Tech 7 6 79 Bill Waters Tackle Austin 8 6 91 Bill Koman Linebacker North Carolina 9 6 103 John Lewis End Michigan State 10 6 115 Gene Scott Halfback Centre College 11 6 127 Dennis Shaw End North Texas State 12 6 139 Steve Myhra Guard North Dakota 13 6 151 Jack Hill Halfback Utah State 14 6 163 Ted Schwanger Halfback Tennessee Poly 15 6 175 John Polzer Linebacker Virginia 16 6 187 Gene Hendrix Halfback Drake 17 6 199 Bill Danenhauer Defensive end Emporia State 18 6 211 Earl Looman Guard Stetson 19 6 223 Bob Fyvie Tackle Lafayette 20 6 235 Bob Hill Fullback Jackson State 21 6 247 Jim Harness Defensive back Mississippi State 22 6 259 Pat Del Vicaro Guard Mississippi Southern 23 6 271 Al Stephenson Tackle Idaho State 24 6 283 Bobby Fox Halfback East Texas State 25 6 295 Bradley Mills Halfback Kentucky 26 6 307 Jim Lohr Guard Southeast Missouri State 27 6 319 Herb Hartwell Halfback Virginia 28 6 331 John Shearer Quarterback Shepherd 29 6 343 Jim Rusher End Kansas State 30 5 354 Terry Sweeney Halfback Middle Tennessee State

1957 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 8 8 Jim Parker Guard Ohio State 2 7 20 Don Shinnick Linebacker UCLA 3 7 32 Luke Owens Defensive end Kent State 4 7 44 Jackie Simpson Halfback Florida 5 5 54 Ron Underwood Halfback Arkansas 6 4 65 Billy Pricer Fullback Oklahoma 7 6 79 Reuben Saage Halfback Baylor 8 5 90 Jack Harmon Halfback Eastern Oregon State 9 4 101 Robert White Tackle Otterbein 10 6 115 Joe Grisham End Austin Peay 11 5 126 Andy Nelson Defensive back Memphis State 12 4 137 Don Simonic Tackle Tennessee Poly 13 6 151 Jack Call Halfback Colgate 14 5 162 Joe Guido Halfback Youngstown 15 4 173 Hall Whitley Linebacker Texas A&I 16 4 185 Joe Cannavino Defensive back Ohio State 16 6 187 Ed Prelock Tackle Kansas 17 5 198 Dan Wisniewski Guard Pittsburgh 18 4 209 Jim Villa Halfback Allegheny 19 6 223 Charles Froehle Tackle St. John's (MN) 20 5 234 Walt Livingston Halfback Heidelberg 21 4 245 Owen Mulholland Halfback Houston 22 6 259 Chet Van Atta Linebacker Kansas 23 5 270 Connie Baird End Hardin–Simmons 24 4 281 Harwood Hoeft End South Dakota State 25 6 295 Harlon Geach Tackle College of Idaho 26 5 306 Joe Unitas Tackle Louisville 27 4 317 Len DeMalon Linebacker Saint Vincent 28 6 331 Walt Schneiter Tackle Colorado 29 5 342 Bob Rasmussen Guard Minnesota 30 3 352 Bob Bailey End Thiel

1958 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 11 11 Lenny Lyles Defensive back Louisville 2 11 24 Bob Stransky Halfback Colorado 3 10 35 Joe Nicely Guard West Virginia 4 11 48 Les Walters End Penn State 5 1 50 Ray Brown Defensive back Ole Miss 6 8 69 Bob Taylor End Vanderbilt 7 6 79 Johnny Sample Defensive back Maryland State 7 9 82 John Diehl Tackle Virginia 8 8 93 Floyd Peters Defensive tackle San Francisco State 9 9 106 Harold Bullard Fullback Lenoir-Rhyne 10 8 117 Ray Schamber Halfback South Dakota 11 9 130 Bobby Jordan Halfback VMI 12 8 141 Tommy Addison Linebacker South Carolina 13 9 154 Jerry Richardson Flanker Wofford 14 8 165 Ken Hall Halfback Texas A&M 15 9 178 Lester Carney Halfback Ohio 16 8 189 Archie Matsos Linebacker Michigan State 17 9 202 James Reese Quarterback Minnesota 18 8 213 Dave Lloyd Linebacker Georgia 19 9 226 Tim Murnen Guard Bowling Green 20 8 237 Tom Forrestal Quarterback Navy 21 9 250 Jim Faulk Halfback TCU 22 8 261 Bob McKee End Monmouth 23 9 274 Phil Parslow Halfback UCLA 24 8 285 Bobby Sandlin Halfback Tennessee 25 9 298 Jim Roundtree Halfback Florida 26 8 309 Bob Grimes Guard Central Michigan 27 9 322 George Dintiman Halfback Lock Haven 28 8 333 Jim Murphy Tackle East Tennessee State 29 9 346 Doug Padgett End Duke 30 7 356 Gary Lund Guard Utah State

1959 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 12 12 Jackie Burkett Center Auburn 2 12 24 Dave Sherer End SMU 4 12 48 Zeke Smith Linebacker Auburn 5 12 60 Don Churchwell Offensive tackle Ole Miss 6 12 72 Palmer Pyle Tackle Michigan State 7 12 84 Harold Lewis Halfback Houston 8 12 96 Tommy Joe Coffey Halfback West Texas State 9 12 108 Tom Brown Guard Minnesota 10 12 120 Don Stewart End SMU 11 12 132 Tom Stephens Halfback Syracuse 12 12 144 Dick Wood Quarterback Auburn 13 12 156 Rudy Smith Guard Mississippi 14 12 168 Ferdie Burket Halfback Southeastern Oklahoma State 15 12 180 Ted Foret Tackle Auburn 16 12 192 Morris Keller Tackle Clemson 17 12 204 Leroy Bergan Tackle South Dakota State 18 12 216 Opie Bandy Linebacker Tulsa 19 12 228 Milton Crain Linebacker Mississippi 20 12 240 Paul Balonick Linebacker North Carolina State 21 12 252 John Hernstein Fullback Michigan 22 12 264 Lonny Leatherman Tackle TCU 23 12 276 Bob Davis Halfback Houston 24 12 288 Bob Novogratz Linebacker Army 25 12 300 Ed Kieffer Halfback Syracuse 26 12 312 Rene Lorio Halfback Mississippi Southern 27 12 324 Thurman Terry Tackle Rice 28 12 336 Fred Long Fullback Iowa 29 12 348 Perry McGriff End Florida 30 12 360 Blair Weese Fullback West Virginia Tech

1960 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 10 10 Ron Mix Offensive tackle USC 2 11 23 Don Floyd Defensive tackle TCU 2 12 24 Marvin Terrell Guard Ole Miss 3 10 34 Jim Welch Defensive back SMU 4 11 47 Gerhard Schwedes Halfback Syracuse 5 10 58 Marvin Lasater Halfback TCU 6 11 71 Al Bansavage Linebacker USC 7 10 82 Jerry Beabout Tackle Purdue 8 11 95 Jim Colvin Defensive tackle Houston 9 7 103 Bob Hall Tackle Kent State 9 10 106 Don Perkins Running back New Mexico 10 4 112 Ernie Barnes Guard North Carolina College 10 11 119 Bobby Boyd Defensive back Oklahoma 11 10 130 Bob Wehking Center Florida 12 11 143 Bill Bucek Halfback Rice 13 10 154 Jim Nemeth Center South Carolina 14 11 167 Dale Johannsen Tackle Augustana (SD) 15 10 178 Larry Grantham Linebacker Ole Miss 16 11 191 George Boynton Halfback East Texas State 17 10 202 Jim Beaver Tackle Florida 18 11 215 Dan Sheehan Tackle Chattanooga 19 10 226 Bill Carpenter End Army 20 11 239 Bob Houge Tackle Shepherd

1961 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 7 7 Tom Matte Running back Ohio State 2 7 21 Tom Gilburg Offensive tackle Syracuse 3 7 35 Jerry Hill Running back Wyoming 4 7 49 Ken Gregory Tight end Whittier 5 6 62 Ed Dyas Fullback Auburn 5 7 63 Ron Osborne Tackle Clemson 6 7 77 Don Kern Halfback VMI 7 7 91 Ike Grimsley Halfback Michigan State 8 7 105 Paul Terhes Quarterback Bucknell 9 7 119 Pete Nicklas Tackle Baylor 10 7 133 Bob Clemens Halfback Pittsburgh 11 7 147 Ralph White Tackle Bowling Green 12 7 161 Dick Reynolds Tackle North Carolina State 13 7 175 Dallas Garber Fullback Marietta 14 7 189 Bob Hunt Tackle SMU 15 7 203 E.A. Sims End New Mexico State 16 7 217 Tom Weisner Fullback Wisconsin 17 7 231 Steve Jastrzembski End Pittsburgh 18 7 245 Wilson Allison Tackle Baylor 19 7 259 Joe Novsek Tackle Tulsa 20 7 273 Al Kimbrough Halfback Northwestern

1962 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 9 9 Wendell Harris Defensive back LSU 2 9 23 Bill Saul Linebacker Penn State 3 9 37 Dan Sullivan Guard Boston College 4 9 51 Jim Dillard Halfback Oklahoma State 5 5 61 Jerry Croft Guard Bowling Green 7 9 93 Fred Miller Defensive tackle LSU 8 9 107 Pete Brokaw Halfback Syracuse 9 4 116 Roy Walker Fullback Purdue 9 9 121 Walt Rappold Quarterback Duke 10 9 135 Fred Moore Tackle Memphis State 11 9 149 Scott Tyler Halfback Miami (OH) 12 9 163 Bake Turner Wide receiver Texas Tech 13 9 177 Charles Holmes Fullback Maryland State 14 9 191 Stinson Jones Halfback VMI 15 9 205 Joe Monte Guard Furman 16 9 219 Ray Abruzzese Defensive back Alabama 17 9 233 Bill Knocke Halfback Fresno State 18 9 247 Mel Rideout Quarterback Richmond 19 9 261 Fred Gillett Halfback Los Angeles State 20 9 275 Herm McKee Halfback Washington State

1963 draft