Not once, in their 31 years in Baltimore, did the Colts take a Maryland Terrapin No. 1 in the NFL draft. So what happened as soon as the team moved to Indianapolis? A Terp was one of its two first-round picks in 1984.
Ron Solt sees the irony.
“I would like to have played in Baltimore,” said Solt, 55, an All-America guard at Maryland and the second offensive lineman to go in that draft. “The only pro game I ever saw as a kid was at Memorial Stadium.”
Born in Bainbridge but raised in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.