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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (WSH)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (WSH)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (WSH)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Braiden McGregor Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (WSH)
Braiden McGregor
DE-EDGE Michigan
Tyrice Knight Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (WSH)
Tyrice Knight
LB UTEP
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Commanders answered their biggest question with Daniels. Grade: B-.

After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Commanders committed. Jayden Daniels is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

They are betting Amegadjie proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Knight.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In slot 2 they get their quarterback of the future at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick36 Rnd2 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
A straight-up fair deal on Ennis Rakestraw Jr. at pick 36, value and slot in agreement. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick40 Rnd2 Kiran Amegadjie
They reached a country mile for Kiran Amegadjie at No. 40, and the board is aghast. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick67 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
They took Kingsley Suamataia at par in the Round 3 slot, which is nothing to complain about. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick78 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
A clean, defensible pick in Round 3, Pick 14 with a little surplus value in Jeremiah Trotter Jr.. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick100 Rnd3 Khyree Jackson
Khyree Jackson in the 100th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick139 Rnd5 Mason McCormick
Mason McCormick in the 139th overall pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick152 Rnd5 Braiden McGregor
Braiden McGregor in pick No. 152 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick222 Rnd7 Tyrice Knight
Nice patience on Tyrice Knight, who had no business lasting to the Round 7 slot. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.