{"id":614941,"date":"2026-04-18T11:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/614941\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T11:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:28:08","slug":"previewing-colts-defensive-tackle-position-ahead-of-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/614941\/","title":{"rendered":"Previewing Colts defensive tackle position ahead of 2026 NFL draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the 2026 NFL draft near, we will be taking a position-by-position look at where things stand with the\u00a0Indianapolis Colts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The draft will take place from Apr. 23-25. The\u00a0Colts<\/a>\u00a0have a modest seven draft picks at the moment, including just two in the top 100. GM Chris Ballard, however, has\u00a0hinted strongly<\/a>\u00a0at wanting to gain additional capital. That, in part, could come from trading\u00a0Kenny Moore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Up next in our draft preview are the defensive tackles. If you missed our other positional previews, you can find them below.<\/p>\n

Colts<\/a>‘ defensive tackles on the roster prior to 2026 NFL draftColts\u00a0offseason moves\u00a0at defensive tackleWhat is the Colts’ need at defensive tackle in the 2026 NFL draft?<\/p>\n

With the additions that the Colts made at this position this offseason, adding to defensive tackle in the draft is no longer a need. However, the draft is also about planning ahead, and if we look to the 2027 offseason, none of the players currently on the roster are under contract. The prudent move for Ballard would be to begin preparing for that by making an addition — or two — now. But that may not be a luxury the Colts have with relatively limited draft capital.<\/p>\n

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Top defensive tackle prospects in the 2026 NFL draft<\/p>\n

With help from the\u00a0consensus big board<\/a>, here are the top defensive tackle prospects in this year’s draft class — a position that has good depth.<\/p>\n

30. Kayden McDonald, Ohio State<\/p>\n

46. Christen Miller, Georgia<\/p>\n

49. Lee Hunter, Texas Tech<\/p>\n

67. Domonique Orange, Iowa State<\/p>\n

78. Gracen Halton, Oklahoma<\/p>\n

112. Kaleb Proctor, Southeastern Louisiana<\/p>\n

118. Chris McClellan, Missouri<\/p>\n

135. Tyler Onyedim, Teas A&M<\/p>\n

139. Rayshaun Benny, Michigan<\/p>\n

146. Tim Keenan III, Alabama<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: 2026 NFL draft: Why might Colts pick a defensive tackle?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the 2026 NFL draft near, we will be taking a position-by-position look at where things stand with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[17076,298492,64,63,61178,10027,243159,298491,254539,229254,196393,253171,15832,298489,138560,1246,298490,176415,593,9827,66215,85,253813,36464,254456],"class_list":{"0":"post-614941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-adetomiwa-adebawore","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-chris-ballard","13":"tag-cincinnati","14":"tag-colby-wooden","15":"tag-darrell-jackson-jr","16":"tag-defensive-tackles","17":"tag-demonte-capehart","18":"tag-derrick-nnadi","19":"tag-dontay-corleone","20":"tag-draft-picks","21":"tag-draft-preview","22":"tag-grover-stewart","23":"tag-indianapolis-colts","24":"tag-jerry-tillery","25":"tag-neville-gallimore","26":"tag-nfl","27":"tag-packers","28":"tag-position","29":"tag-sports","30":"tag-tim-smith","31":"tag-zaire-franklin","32":"tag-zane-durant"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}