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When is Indianapolis Colts first pick in 2026 NFL draft?
Without a first round selection, when is the Indianapolis Colts’ first pick in the 2026 NFL draft?
Looking ahead to the 2026 NFL draft, what selections do the Indianapolis Colts have this year?
With a record of 8-9, the Colts finished the 2025 season with the 16th-best record. However, they won’t be picking at 16th overall in the first round.
In order to acquire cornerback Sauce Gardner from the Jets, the Colts traded away their 2026 and 2027 first-round draft picks to New York.
So the first time that the Colts will be on the clock come April is in Round 2 and with the 47th overall pick, according to Tankathon.
In total, the Colts currently have five draft picks in 2026. Along with trading away their first-rounder, GM Chris Ballard also traded the Colts’ sixth-round draft pick as part of the trade that brought Mekhi Blackmon over from Minnesota.
- Round 2, pick 47
- Round 3, pick 78
- Round 4, pick 113
- Round 5, pick 154
- Round 7, pick 230
Now, the Colts are projected to receive two compensatory picks in the sixth and seventh rounds. This would bring the Colts’ total number of selections up to seven.
According to Over the Cap, those picks will be awarded to the Colts for EJ Speed and Joe Flacco leaving in free agency last offseason.
At this time, however, those compensatory picks have not yet been made official by the NFL.
NFL.com lists quarterback, linebacker, defensive linemen, and offensive tackle as the Colts’ biggest offseason needs.
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Indianapolis fire and police respond to tire shop blaze on Lafayette Road
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis fire and police departments on Friday night were on the scene of a large blaze in the 3200 block of Lafayette Road.
That block includes an auto shop and dealership, and a builders’ supply store.
The building fire with entrapment was reported at 6:22 p.m. Jan. 23, 2026, according to Marion County’s automated dispatch reports. Temperatures in Indianapolis at that time were in the single digits.
There’s no immediate word on any injuries. News 8 has reached out to the Indianapolis police and fire departments for more information but did not receive a response by 10:30 p.m. Friday.
Police and witnesses at the scene told News 8’s Cat Sandoval that the fire stared in a tire shop, and that everyone in the building has been evacuated. They also said the fumes from the burning tires were dangerous and toxic, although no public alert was issued for the area.
The WISHTV.com traffic map as of 10:30 p.m. Friday show the Lafayette Road closed between 30th and 35th streets, although authorities have not publicly reported any road closings.
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Predicting Indianapolis Colts’ 2026 season record
How many wins will the Colts have in 2026?
Let’s make a way-too-early record prediction for the Indianapolis Colts’ 2026 season.
At this time, we know who the Colts’ opponents will be and where the games will be played, but we do not know the exact order of the schedule — and that can impact the overall difficulty of it, depending on how some games fall.
In addition to that, we don’t exactly know what the Colts’ 2026 roster will look like with the draft and free agency still ahead.
However, while there are always going to be changes to some degree, this team could look somewhat similar to what it did in 2025. One of the reasons that GM Chris Ballard is back is because there is a belief that the Colts’ start to the 2025 season is repeatable and sustainable.
So, with there still being unknowns around what’s ahead for this team, let’s do our best to predict how the upcoming season unfolds.
Indianapolis Colts 2026 record prediction
Final prediction: 10-7
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Feds probing death of former Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, doctor who prescribed pain meds and ketamine
Federal authorities are reportedly probing the death of former Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay and the doctor who provided him with prescription pain medication and ketamine before he died last spring.
The FBI issued federal grand jury subpoenas earlier this month for records tied to Isray’s death, his alleged substance use with illegal and prescription drugs, and his relationship with Dr. Harry Haroutunian, a California-based addiction specialist, the Washington Post reported, citing court documents.
Investigators also spent several days in Indianapolis, according to two people close to the investigation.
“I do understand that there have been some subpoenas provided, but not to me, the Colts or any of our current employees,” Colts Chief Legal Officer Dan Emerson told the outlet, declining to comment further.
Isray, who became the Colts’ owner in 1997, died in May at age 65.
The NFL honcho, who had long been candid about his battle with substance abuse, had “spent the last two years of his life” privately grappling with a relapse that he and team execs shielded from the public, the outlet reported in August.
Isray was reportedly receiving treatment from Haroutunian, who allegedly prescribed him ketamine injections and a stockpile of opioid pills in the years leading up to his death.
“I dedicated 18 months of my life to try to care for him … as a brother,” Haroutunian told the outlet in a brief interview last summer.
“We did everything we could to make him as comfortable as possible.”
Haroutunian did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.
The private doctor allegedly prescribed over 200 opioid pills before Isray overdosed on two separate occasions in December 2023 — once at his Indianapolis home and another at a rental home in Miami.
Those close to Irsay had relayed concerns over the treatment he was receiving from the recovery specialist, who was residing at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where Irsay died.
Isray’s death certificate — signed by Haroutunian — said the exec reportedly died of cardiac arrest caused by pneumonia and heart issues, though no autopsy or toxicology tests were ever performed.
The Beverly Hills Police Department closed its investigation into Isray’s death just days later.
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