The Colts' first ever draft pick was a halfback who won the Heisman Trophy in what year?
Indianapolis Colts draft history 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.
Tom Farmer (American football) Thomas Manduis Farmer (April 17, 1921 – July 1, 1980) was an American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Los Angeles Rams (1946) and the Washington Redskins (1947–1948). He played college football at the University of Iowa and was drafted in the second round of the 1943 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Rams.