The Colts made Chandler Harnish the final pick of the 2012 NFL Draft, as known as Mr. Irrelevant, apparently stealing him from the Chargers. "Late in the seventh round I'm very depressed. ... I was getting calls from like the Kansas City Chiefs, the Tennessee Titans, St. Louis Rams, Oakland Raiders, just a bunch of teams were (calling) -- and I'm talking to my agent every three minutes," the former Northern Illinois quarterback explains. "It looked like we were about ready to set up a free agency deal. I was ready to go to San Diego. ... "They wanted the decision 10 minutes after they could put the deal on the table, and this was still at pick 240," Harnish says. "So there were still 13 picks to go. And they put the deal on the table that they wanted me to be a free agent and I had to say 'yes' to it. ... We tell San Diego we want that deal. Well, my agent tells the Colts, 'Hey, he's going to San Diego if you guys don't draft him with your last pick.' So, because of that, the Colts were like, 'We want him. We want to take him before he goes to free agency, and then he goes to San Diego.'"

The Colts expect to sign first overall pick Andrew Luck to a contract sooner rather than later. "It's something that should be done swiftly," owner Jim Irsay said. "There shouldn't be a difficult process with that." Indianapolis is expected to ink top pick Luck to a four-year, $22 million contract. "The sooner the better on all the draft picks," Irsay said. "We're going to present all the picks (offers) and say, 'Here is the deal. Period.'"

The Browns, who drafted Brandon Weeden with their second pick in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday night, tried to engage the Colts in talks regarding the first pick and Andrew Luck. Instead, they took Weeden, perhaps spelling the end for Colt McCoy in Cleveland. Mike Holmgren reportedly had two conversations with Indianapolis, with one of the talks lasting five minutes.

Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish was taken with the 253rd and final pick of the draft on Saturday. The Indiana native gets a chance to play for his favorite NFL team and potentially to be a backup for Andrew Luck. "I'm happy to be wanted by a team and I'm happy to be an Indianapolis Colt because that's been my favorite team all the way through," he told local reporters.

The Colts drafted tight end Coby Fleener with the second pick in the second round of the NFL Draft. The move reunites him with former Stanford teammate Andrew Luck, the first overall pick. "I just sent him a text message that had a lot of exclamation points in it," said Fleener, who had 10 touchdown catches last season, of Luck. "I expected to be on a team where I wasn't familiar with the offense or the quarterback. I can't wait to get started, to be honest with you."

Andrew Luck and the Colts will likely agree on a contract worth roughly $22 million over four seasons. The NFL and NFLPA have reportedly agreed in principle to the 2012 salary cap, and it will increase only marginally over 2011. Cam Newton, drafted first overall by the Panthers, received a four-year, $22 million contract.

After months of anticipation, the 2012 NFL Draft is finally here. The first two picks went as expected, but the remainder of the order is uncertain and entertaining. 1. Indianapolis Colts - Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford 2. Washington Redskins (via STL) - Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor 3. Cleveland Browns (via MIN) - Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama 4. Minnesota Vikings (via CLE) - Matt Kalil, OT, USC 5. Jacksonville Jaguars (via TB) - Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State 6. Dallas Cowboys (via WSH from STL) - Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU 7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (via JAX) - Mark Barron, SS, Alabama 8. Miami Dolphins - Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas A&M 9. Carolina Panthers - Luke Kuechly, LB, Boston College 10. Buffalo Bills - Stephon Gilmore, CB, South Carolina 11. Kansas City Chiefs - Dontari Poe, DT, Memphis 12. Philadelphia Eagles (via SEA) - Fletcher Cox, DT, Mississippi State 13. Arizona Cardinals - Michael Floyd, WR, Notre Dame 14. St. Louis Rams (via DAL) - Michael Brockers, DT, LSU 15. Seattle Seahawks (via PHI) - Bruce Irvin, DE, West Virginia 16. New York Jets - Quinton Coples, DE, North Carolina 17. Cincinnati Bengals (via OAK) - Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama 18. San Diego Chargers - Melvin Ingram, DE, South Carolina 19. Chicago Bears - Shea McClellin, DE, Boise State 20. Tennessee Titans - Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor 21. New England Patriots (via CIN) - Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse 22. Cleveland Browns (via ATL) - Brandon Weeden, QB, Oklahoma State 23. Detroit Lions - Riley Reiff, OT, Iowa 24. Pittsburgh Steelers - David DeCastro, G, Stanford 25. New England Patriots (via DEN) - Dont'a Hightower, LB, Alabama 26. Houston Texans - Whitney Mercilus, DE, Illinois 27. Cincinnati Bengals (via NO from NE) - Kevin Zeitler, G, Wisconsin 28. Green Bay Packers - Nick Perry, DE, USC 29. Minnesota Vikings (via BAL) - Harrison Smith, FS, Notre Dame 30. San Francisco 49ers - A.J. Jenkins, WR, Illinois 31. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (via NE) - Doug Martin, RB, Boise State 32. New York Giants - David Wilson, RB, Virginia Tech

The Colts have removed the large banner of Peyton Manning from Lucas Oil Stadium. The move comes a day before the Colts will take Andrew Luck, Manning's replacement, with the No. 1 overall choice in the NFL draft. Pete Ward, the team's chief operating officer, says the timing had nothing to do with the draft. The banner had hung outside the stadium since its opening in 2008.

The Colts have confirmed that they will draft Andrew Luck with the first overall pick on Thursday night. Indianapolis general manager Ryan Grigson decided there was no reason to delay the inevitable. "We didn't the see the point in prolonging what the world already knows," Grigson said. "It's about Andrew and we wanted to do the right thing by him."

The Colts have told Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck that they will take him with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, according to a league source. It's unclear precisely when the Colts informed Luck, but a league source said the team has known for weeks that Luck would be its pick. His style most closely resembles that of Peyton Manning, and he is the player Indianapolis wants to rebuild around, the source said.