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Draft Selections
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (NO)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (NO)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
Que Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (NO)
Que Robinson
LB-EDGE Alabama
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (NO)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Trey Moore Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (NO)
Trey Moore
LB-EDGE Texas
Brashard Smith Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (NO)
Brashard Smith
RB SMU
Akheem Mesidor Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (NO)
Akheem Mesidor
DL-EDGE Miami
Draft Picks Received
Trey Moore Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Trey Moore
LB-EDGE Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CLE)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (CLE)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CHI)
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Draft Picks Traded
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (CLE)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Players Gained
Head Shot
Folorunso Fatukasi
DT
Head Shot
Wyatt Teller
OG
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B-
ValueD+ NeedB+ TradesC FutureA+
The Saints checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

It is the swing that defines the weekend: Que Robinson in the Round 4 slot, a good 113 spots before the room expected him. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

The Smith pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but cornerback.

Pick Analysis
Pick74 Rnd3 Deone Walker
Good price on Deone Walker in No. 74, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The roster fit checks out.
Pick87 Rnd3 Ajani Cornelius
Value said wait; Ajani Cornelius in slot 87 says they were not listening. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick111 Rnd4 Que Robinson
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Que Robinson well ahead of where he belonged. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick123 Rnd4 Luke Kandra
A slide stopped in the 123rd overall pick, with Luke Kandra worth more than the price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick164 Rnd5 Trey Moore
A big swing on Trey Moore at the 164th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick185 Rnd6 Brashard Smith
Brashard Smith in Round 6, Pick 10 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick253 Rnd7 Akheem Mesidor
Akheem Mesidor in slot 253 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.