San Francisco moved down in the fifth round on May 2, 2015,…
San Francisco moved down in the fifth round on May 2, 2015, sending pick No. 151 to Indianapolis for picks No. 165 and No. 244. The Colts used No. 151 on defensive tackle David Parry, who started all 32 games for Indianapolis across his first two seasons. The 49ers turned the return into punter Bradley Pinion and tackle Trent Brown, getting four seasons from Pinion plus 31 games and 28 starts from Brown before his later departure.
Indianapolis Colts Received
- pick 2015 5th round pick (151st overall, David Parry )
San Francisco 49ers Received
- pick 2015 5th round pick (165th overall, Bradley Pinion )
- pick 2015 7th round pick (244th overall, Trent Brown )
Trade Analysis
The May 2, 2015 draft-day exchange is clearly documented in both teams' transaction histories. Indianapolis moved from picks No. 165 and No. 244 to No. 151, where the Colts selected Stanford defensive tackle David Parry. San Francisco used No. 165 on Clemson punter Bradley Pinion and No. 244 on Florida offensive tackle Trent Brown. All three players became regular contributors, which makes this a stronger trade than the legacy summary suggested. Parry gave Indianapolis immediate interior-line stability. NFL career records show him starting all 16 regular-season games as a rookie in 2015 and all 16 again in 2016. That is 32 starts in 32 Colts games across his first two seasons, a strong return for a fifth-round move-up. His Indianapolis tenure ended after those two seasons, but the Colts unquestionably converted the higher selection into a starting defensive tackle. San Francisco received two distinct forms of roster value. Pinion became the 49ers' punter immediately and appeared in all 16 games in each season from 2015 through 2018. NFL statistics credit him with 334 punts over those four seasons, including 112 placed inside the 20-yard line. Brown developed from a seventh-round project into a starting right tackle. He appeared in five games with two starts in 2015, then started all 16 games in 2016 and 10 more in 2017. That gave San Francisco 31 regular-season games and 28 starts from Brown before he moved on. The comparison therefore favors San Francisco, though not by an overwhelming margin. Indianapolis got two full seasons of starting defensive-line play from Parry, while San Francisco obtained a four-year starting specialist plus a tackle who became a multi-season starter. TradeVerdicts changes the old Even Trade label to a modest San Francisco 49ers Win. San Francisco receives a B+ for extracting two useful NFL players from the move-down, and Indianapolis receives a B- because Parry was still a legitimate two-year starter rather than a failed selection. Confidence is high because the pick exchange and all three players' realized NFL production are well documented.