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this weekend hosted their annual rookie minicamp at the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center. What were the top takeaways from the..." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteStampede Bluean Indianapolis Colts communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsColtsShopAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Colts StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Colts NewsYahoo Colts Team PageYahoo Colts ReportYahoo Colts Depth ChartYahoo Colts TransactionsYahoo Colts PhotosShop About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Filed under:Stampede Blue Colts LinksColts News: Top takeaways from Colts Rookie MinicampNew https://www.coltsfanshop.com/Jack-Doyle-Jersey ,1commentEDTShareTweetShareShareColts News: Top takeaways from Colts Rookie MinicampChristopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY SportsTop Takeaways: 2019 Colts Rookie MinicampThe Indianapolis Colts this weekend hosted their annual rookie minicamp at the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center. What were the top takeaways from the newest members of the Colts?Colts rookie camp takeaways: Rock Ya-Sin provides coverage options, defense bulks up considerably – The AthleticBe ready for anything this fall, because it looks like the Colts will go deeper into their defensive playbook.First look: Five observations from Colts rookie minicamp – The AthleticYes, some things can be gleaned from a three-day camp in early May. We learned a few things, too.Colts Mailbag: Draft Fallout, Spencer Ware’s Role, Signing A Third QuarterbackIn this week’s Colts Mailbag, readers inquire about all kinds of angles pertaining to the Colts’ 2019 NFL Draft class, what kind of role running back Spencer Ware could play, the chance of signing a third quarterback to the 53-man roster and much more.Kravitz: As Andrew Luck disco dances, the marketing of the Colts’ brainy quarterback evolves – The AthleticWho was this Andrew Luck and what did they do with the Colts’ constrained, straight-arrow, brainy quarterback?Colts Notebook: Ballard has real faith in Willis | Sports | heraldbulletin.comThe Indianapolis Colts moved up 20 spots in the fourth round of last month's NFL Draft to select Khari Willis.Rock Ya-Sin went from being ‘devastated’ to the Colts’ second-round pick | CBS 4 - Indianapolis News, Weather, Traffic and Sports | WTTVINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – One of the more difficult days in the history of Presbyterian College football proved to be a defining moment for Rock Ya-Sin. But only he and his teammates dealt with a serious jolt.Colts sign four rookies following minicamp | CBS 4 - Indianapolis News, Weather, Traffic and Sports | WTTVINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indianapolis Colts continued their post-draft reshaping of their roster. Following the three-day rookie minicamp, the team signed four rookies Sunday: kicker Cole Hedlund Adam Vinatieri Jersey , defensive tackle Sterling Shippy, cornerback Shakial Taylor and linebacker Tre Thomas.Ben Banogu Gives Colts Intriguing Athlete For Evolving Defense | 1070 the FanThe Colts took TCU defensive end Ben Banogu with the 49th overall pick in the 2019 Draft. What is Banogu bringing to a position switch at the NFL level?Versatility Is The Name Of The Game For Colts’ Marvell Tell IIIWhether it's at cornerback, in the slot or back at safety, Indianapolis Colts rookie fifth-round pick Marvell Tell III will give his coaches a quality option in the secondary.Best & Worst Of the Indianapolis Colts Draft Class | The Draft NetworkColts general manager Chris Ballard is quickly becoming one of my favorite executives in the league. Indy is such a well run program right now, Ballar...COLTS MEDIA INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts center Deyshawn Bond remembers camping out inside a cramped hotel room late last summer, reveling in the sound of silence.For the undrafted rookie who attended high school on Indy’s east side before heading to Cincinnati, cutdown weekend seemed like the perfect antithesis of draft weekend.In the spring, every college prospect dreams of picking up the phone and hearing an NFL team on the other end. But if that call comes in the first 72 hours following the preseason finale, everyone knows it’s probably time to turn in a playbook and find another job.So Bond spent those first 24 hours waiting it out alone before accepting a dinner invite from his mother across town.“I didn’t really come out of my room that first day. Didn’t get the call,” Bond said. “So my mom had ended up telling me she wanted to have dinner for me and I went over and she surprised me with a lot of family. So it was an exciting time in my life.”It seems just about everyone who’s played in the NFL has some semblance of the same story.Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy often started decision weekend by talking about when he sat inside a room with Pittsburgh Steelers greats Joe Greene, Mel Blount, Terry Bradshaw and Franco Harris when the knock on the door came. Dungy took a quick look around the room and instantly realized none of the four future Hall of Famers were about to be cut.But this weekend, all around the league, the stories bubble up again.Bond and a few teammates have already recounted their tales to a group of wide-eyed rookies, still hopeful of landing their dream job and some of whom envision extending the Colts’ streak of consecutive seasons with an undrafted rookie on the opening day roster.Last year, Bond and punter Rodrigo Sanchez helped keep the streak alive. Now, a whole new batch of rookies will try to make it 20 consecutive years albeit on a roster with significantly fewer openings.“I’ve heard, a couple times,” said linebacker Skai Moore, the South Carolina product who started turning heads in rookie minicamp. “What’s it been Marvin Harrison Color Rush Jersey , like 19 seasons an undrafted rookie made the team? Yeah, I’ve heard that a couple times. I hope I can (make it 20).”Moore seems like the best bet.He’s been starting at middle linebacker while Anthony Walker recovers from an injured groin. But Moore isn’t the only potential prospect on the roster.Cornerback Henre’ Toliver has steadily moved ahead of several other undrafted rookies on the depth chart and now may have to fend off Lenzy Pipkins, whom Indy acquired in a trade with Green Bay earlier this week.Receiver Steve Ishmael is fourth on the team in receptions while safety George Odum has one of the Colts’ two interceptions. Kicker Mike Badgley is 5 for 5 on field goals, including a 51-yarder he made in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s win over San Francisco.Each has one more chance to impress the coaches at Cincinnati on Thursday.The biggest longshot might be Badgley, who finds himself behind one of the most reliable kickers in NFL history. Adam Vinatieri enters the season needing seven field goals to become the league’s career leader and 58 points to pass Morten Andersen as the league’s career scoring leader.Badgley has done nothing to hurt himself and may actually have done enough to find a spot on another team. Besides, he has Vinatieri’s stamp of approval.“He’s wise beyond his years and we have had a lot of good conversations,” Vinatieri said. “He’s a really strong-minded kid and obviously very, very talented as well. So here, there, anywhere, he’s going to be successful.”The reality of the salary cap is teams need productivity out of capable, less costly players such as Moore and Bond.Bond did his part in 2017, replacing the injured Ryan Kelly as Indy’s starting center for the first four games — until he was carted off the field at Seattle with a season-ending torn quadriceps.There have been plenty of examples of other undrafted rookies playing big roles for the Colts. Center Jeff Saturday signed with Indy after selling electrical supplies in North Carolina and went on to form the longest-playing center-quarterback duo with Peyton Manning in league history.Dominic Rhodes rushed for 1,104 yards as a rookie in 2001 after replacing the injured Edgerrin James. Five years later, Rhodes had a vital part in Indy’s Super Bowl title-winning run.Pro Bowl tight end Jack Doyle wound up making the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted rookie before the Colts claimed him off waivers in 2013.And Bond’s advice to Moore, or anyone else feeling the angst this weekend is simple: Keep the head up and the phone might not ring.“I wouldn’t say you should be nervous about it. I would say just stay positive,” he said. “This is not just an interview with the team you’re playing with at the time, it’s an interview for every team in the league. So keep a positive mindset and go out and perform at your best.”