Who is the best linebacker in Colts history? Here are the top 12, ranked by their rating in 17-0 — the free game where you draft an all-time roster and simulate whether it can go a perfect 17-0 season. Darius Leonard (2010s) tops the list at 88.
The ranking
Best Colts linebackers ever · rating out of 100
- 1Darius Leonard
Colts · 2010s88 - 2Ted Hendricks
Colts · 1970s86 - 3Shaquille Leonard
Colts · 2020s85 - 4Mike Curtis
Colts · 1970s82 - 5Zaire Franklin
Colts · 2020s80 - 6Cato June
Colts · 2000s78 - 7Duane Bickett
Colts · 1990s76 - 8Gary Brackett
Colts · 2000s76 - 9Jerrell Freeman
Colts · 2010s76 - 10Bobby Okereke
Colts · 2020s75 - 11David Thornton
Colts · 2000s74 - 12Ray May
Colts · 1970s74
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