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.
Haskel Stanback Haskel LaVon Stanback (born March 19, 1952) is a former professional American football player who played running back for seven seasons for the Atlanta Falcons. He originally was selected in the fifth round of the 1974 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals after attending the University of Tennessee. After his football career ended, he became associated with Norfolk Southern Corporation as a management supervisor and is currently Superintendent of the company's Virginia Division in Roanoke, Virginia.