Former Ohio State wide receiver Roy Hall was undoubtedly a surprise selection for the Indianapolis Colts in the fifth-round of this year's draft, but there are those who believe he could be one of the draft's best-kept secrets.

The 6-3, 240-pound receiver caught some eyes with his performance during the team's minicamp last month and will be a player to watch in training camp.

Hall is a big, physical receiver with excellent speed, running a 4.35 in the 40-yard dash. In minicamp, Hall showed good hands, outstanding leaping ability and made good adjustments to the ball.

He was tough to jam at the line of scrimmage and gave some defenders fits.

He's adapting

The Colts organization is hoping that Hall's play will carry over to training camp and into game day.

Hall was impressive and seemed to be having little trouble adapting to his new surroundings.

"Things are going really well," Hall said. "I'm just trying to adjust to a new system which is the hardest part. Football is always going to be football no matter where you go. Coming from Ohio State, the speed of the game isn't as fast as I thought it would be here. Athletes are athletes, but the mental game slows you down a little bit. Once you conquer that you'll be all right."

Behind the stars

Hall was somewhat of a mystery while at Ohio State, playing in the shadows of Ted Ginn Jr., Anthony Gonzalez and Brian Robiskie. He received little playing time at the wideout position and saw most of his action on special-teams. However, he did emerge as the team's go-to-guy in clutch situations by making big receptions in key games. In Hall's defense, it's not like he was playing behind some scrubs. Ginn Jr. and Gonzalez were both first-round picks and Robiskie appears to have a bright future ahead of him at Ohio State. The Buckeyes were loaded with talent, pushing him further down the depth chart and Hall doesn't argue the fact.

"When you have two first-round picks playing on your team and Robiskie, who I think everybody is going to know soon, the playing time is limited.

"It's only one ball to go around and you have to do your job. My job was to go out on special-teams and be the third down guy. That's what I did and hopefully I can make the best of my opportunities here," he said.

I'm sure the Colts are hoping the same.

Over the middle

The team has plans to use Hall in a variety of ways, slot receiver, H-back, but right now he's working from the outside receiver slot. Once Hall learns the system, the team will likely let him work inside where he could better utilize his size and speed to create match-up problems for opposing defenses.

His ability to stretch the middle of the field would pose a serious threat to a defense. Keeping in mind that the middle is a place where the Colts' offense loves to operate.

Hall has a tremendous upside and if he reaches his full potential there's no question that the Colts would have found themselves a diamond in the rough.