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Las Vegas Raiders

The Raiders worked the phones like thieves and earned a A-.

by RaiderRich · 2025 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 7 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A

When the story of this class is written, it opens with Nohl Williams at Round 5, Pick 19, a reach of 104 spots that the board flatly disagrees with.

The Fitzgerald pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class.

They will regret leaving tight end for another day if the season turns on it.

It is a haul that will look even better come September.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.15 · Pick 15 · Luther Burden III · WR · rank 14
In the 15th pick they get a matchup problem out wide. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Kenneth Grant · DT · rank 23
Kenneth Grant in the 37th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Donovan Ezeiruaku · DE-EDGE · rank 72
They reached a country mile for Donovan Ezeiruaku at Round 2, Pick 13, and the board is aghast. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 20
Jalon Walker at No. 68 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Will Howard · QB · rank 138
Will Howard in the Round 3 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.33 · Pick 97 · Kaleb Johnson · RB · rank 41
Kaleb Johnson in pick 97 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.5 · Pick 106 · Tate Ratledge · OG · rank 75
Tate Ratledge in slot 106 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.14 · Pick 115 · Kyren Lacy · WR · rank 129
A reach for Kyren Lacy in the 115th pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.5 · Pick 142 · Carson Schwesinger · LB · rank 87
Taking Carson Schwesinger in the 142nd overall pick is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
R5.13 · Pick 150 · Kevin Winston Jr. · S · rank 104
Somehow Kevin Winston Jr. was still sitting there in pick 150, and they pounced on premier safety value. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R5.19 · Pick 156 · Nohl Williams · CB · rank 260
Nohl Williams at the Round 5 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.30 · Pick 167 · JJ Pegues · DT · rank 186
JJ Pegues at No. 167 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Ryan Fitzgerald · PK · rank 117
The board fumbled Ryan Fitzgerald all the way to Round 6, Pick 41, and they scooped it up. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
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