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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (NE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (NE)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (NE)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Armand Membou Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Armand Membou
OT Missouri
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Draft Picks Received
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (GB)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (GB)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Draft Picks Traded
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (GB)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueA+ NeedB TradesC+ FutureB-
The Patriots robbed the room for Collins. Final grade: B.

The board owed the Patriots one, and it paid up: Alfred Collins, the No. 56 name on the board, sitting there at the 238th overall pick like a gift left on the doorstep. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

It is not that Barron is a bad player; it is that the Patriots had louder needs to answer first. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In No. 23 they get a lockdown presence outside at a price that makes it sweeter. More want than need.
Pick28 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In the 28th pick they get a centerpiece for the ground game, outstanding value to boot. A real need, handled.
Pick38 Rnd2 Matthew Golden
Matthew Golden at slot 38 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick54 Rnd2 Jahdae Barron
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending pick 54 on Jahdae Barron with edge rusher, safety and other spots unsolved.
Pick69 Rnd3 Armand Membou
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Armand Membou in Round 3, Pick 5, plain and simple. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick77 Rnd3 Colston Loveland
Colston Loveland in pick No. 77 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick106 Rnd4 Walter Nolen
Somehow Walter Nolen was still sitting there in the 106th overall pick, and they pounced on premier interior defensive lineman value. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick144 Rnd5 Wyatt Milum
Taking Wyatt Milum in the Round 5 slot is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. The roster fit checks out.
Pick217 Rnd7 Xavier Restrepo
The board fumbled Xavier Restrepo all the way to the Round 7 slot, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick220 Rnd7 T.J. Sanders
T.J. Sanders in No. 220 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick238 Rnd7 Alfred Collins
Alfred Collins at pick No. 238 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.