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Behind the scenes: Why the Colts drafted Darius Leonard, Marlon Mack

Indianapolis Colts 2018 rookies made a large impact Scott Horner, scott.horner@indystar.com

It's all for moments like this one, all those nights spent in forgettable Courtyards in Hattiesburg, Miss., and Statesboro, Ga., and Orangeburg, S.C., facetiming the kids back home instead of tucking them in himself. All those miles put on his Toyota 4Runner, all those campuses, all those prospects, all those reports to file – almost 300 each fall – across four grueling months. All those Sundays spent in some sports bar in some southern town, iPad stocked with film to watch, propped up on the table in front of him, the team he’s working for playing a game 800 miles north while he sits there, watching on a TV screen.