Colts GM gives rare peek at draft process, Quenton Nelson pick

INDIANAPOLIS -- The room is situated in the back part of the facility. There are no windows, just several large desks lined up together and a gigantic dry erase board behind a film projector where Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard and his staff spent months watching countless hours of video of their 216 draft prospects. The days and hours strung together, like when they worked for 12 hours a day for 17 straight days in February.

But Ballard strolled into the room on Monday with a select few media members wearing jeans, a Colts sweatshirt and a pair of flip-flops. He was at ease on this evening because he came away feeling good about the franchise-record 11 players selected in…