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skojec22'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 9, 2026

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  • skojec22 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Commanders
Draft Selections
Caleb Downs Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (WSH)
Caleb Downs
S Ohio State
Avieon Terrell Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (WSH)
Avieon Terrell
CB Clemson
Jake Slaughter Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (WSH)
Jake Slaughter
C Florida
Max Klare Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (WSH)
Max Klare
TE Ohio State
Zachariah Branch Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (WSH)
Zachariah Branch
WR Georgia
Blake Miller Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (WSH)
Blake Miller
OT Clemson
Kevin Coleman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (WSH)
Kevin Coleman Jr.
WR Missouri
Trinidad Chambliss Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (WSH)
Trinidad Chambliss
QB Ole Miss
Josh Moten Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (WSH)
Josh Moten
CB Southern Miss
Raylen Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (WSH)
Raylen Wilson
LB Georgia
Tristan Leigh Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (WSH)
Tristan Leigh
OT Clemson
Draft Picks Received
Caleb Downs Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (LAR)
Caleb Downs
S Ohio State
Avieon Terrell Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (LAR)
Avieon Terrell
CB Clemson
Jake Slaughter Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CHI)
Jake Slaughter
C Florida
Zachariah Branch Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (CHI)
Zachariah Branch
WR Georgia
Josh Moten Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (LAR)
Josh Moten
CB Southern Miss
Tristan Leigh Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (CHI)
Tristan Leigh
OT Clemson
Draft Picks Traded
Spencer Fano Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (LAR)
Spencer Fano
OT Utah
Players Gained
Head Shot
Rob Havenstein
OT
Players traded away
Head Shot
Marshon Lattimore
CB
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall C+
ValueB+ NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The phones sank the Commanders this weekend: C+.

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Commanders did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high. The final tally is a middling C+.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. Landing Slaughter that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

If Caleb Downs and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Caleb Downs
In the 13th pick they get an enforcer at safety, and a steal at that. More want than need.
Pick29 Rnd1 Avieon Terrell
In pick No. 29 they get a potential shutdown corner at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick57 Rnd2 Jake Slaughter
They read the board right and Jake Slaughter was the payoff at slot 57. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick71 Rnd3 Max Klare
Good price on Max Klare in the 71st overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick129 Rnd4 Zachariah Branch
A quiet steal in Round 4, Pick 29: Zachariah Branch for less than the market said. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick145 Rnd5 Blake Miller
Blake Miller at pick 145 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick187 Rnd6 Kevin Coleman Jr.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Kevin Coleman Jr. at No. 187. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick198 Rnd6 Trinidad Chambliss
Trinidad Chambliss in the Round 6 slot is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick210 Rnd6 Josh Moten
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Josh Moten. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick223 Rnd7 Raylen Wilson
No drama and no debate, Raylen Wilson went about where he belonged in the Round 7 slot. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick241 Rnd7 Tristan Leigh
Tristan Leigh in pick No. 241 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.