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.
Ed Sutton Edward Wike Sutton (March 16, 1935 – September 20, 2008) was an American football halfback and defensive back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants. He played college football at the University of North Carolina and was drafted in the third round of the 1957 NFL Draft.