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The Colts took former Notre Dame guard Quenton Nelson with the sixth overall pick in the draft. That’s an unusually high pick for a guard, but Colts GM Chris Ballard said it was an easy call — the easiest call he’s ever seen in any draft room.

Ballard called the selection, “the easiest pick I’ve ever been a part of,” according to the Indianapolis Star.

Even if North Carolina State pass rusher Bradley Chubb had been available, Ballard still said Nelson was his guy.

“There would have been a discussion,” Ballard said. “But [Nelson’s] ceiling is higher.”

Ballard showed reporters Nelson’s game tape, footage of his workouts, and even a picture of him stretching and came to the conclusion that “God made him a little bit different than He made everybody else.” Ballard thinks Nelson is a player who can be a centerpiece of the Colts franchise for years to come.