{"id":663856,"date":"2026-01-08T13:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/663856\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:28:09","slug":"prospects-in-miami-vs-ole-miss-for-colts-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/663856\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospects in Miami vs. Ole Miss for Colts to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan. 8, 2026, 7:44 a.m. ET<\/p>\n

Which NFL draft prospects should Indianapolis Colts’<\/a> fans be watching closely in the remaining College Football Playoff games?<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Jan. 8th, Miami will be up against Ole Miss<\/a> in the first of two final four games. Oregon vs. Indiana will take place on Friday.<\/p>\n

The Colts<\/a> do not have a first-round pick in this year’s draft, after trading away their 2026 and 2027 first-round selections for cornerback Sauce Gardner.<\/p>\n

So the first time that the Colts will be on the clock in April will be in Round 2 with the 47th overall pick.<\/p>\n

For the complete list of Colts’ 2026 NFL draft picks, you can find that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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As far as which position groups could be on GM Chris Ballard’s radar, NFL.com<\/a>\u00a0lists quarterback, linebacker, defensive linemen, and offensive tackle as the Colts’ biggest offseason needs — although Daniel Jones appears<\/a> to be the answer at quarterback.<\/p>\n

With help from Pro Football Focus’<\/a> big board, here are the top draft prospects in Thursday’s Miami vs. Ole Miss game.<\/p>\n

Colts’ draft prospects to watch in Miami vs. Ole Miss CFP game(6) Rueben Bain Jr., ED, Miami(20) Francis Mauigoa, OT, Miami(61) Keionte Scott, CB, Miami(72) Akheem Mesidor, ED, Miami(75) CJ Daniels, WR, Miami(184) Zxavian Harris, IDL, Ole Miss(227) De’Zhaun Stribling, WR, Ole Miss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 8, 2026, 7:44 a.m. ET Which NFL draft prospects should Indianapolis Colts’ fans be watching closely in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[95878,7,6,15,49915,95900,95882,96156,96027,96015,95903,96098,96094,95896,95888,95895,95899,96176,96099,96177,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-663856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft","12":"tag-sstssportsnflcolts","13":"tag-sstsncolts","14":"tag-tagamerican-football","15":"tag-tagcollege-football-playoff","16":"tag-tagcollege-sports","17":"tag-tagdaniel-jones","18":"tag-tagindianapolis-colts","19":"tag-tagmississippi-rebels","20":"tag-tagmississippi-rebels-football","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagsauce-gardner","26":"tag-tagsec-conference-football","27":"tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","28":"tag-tagsports-news","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115859718414079003","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}