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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (CHI)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (CHI)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (CHI)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (CHI)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Draft Picks Received
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (IND)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (ARI)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (ATL)
Jake Majors
C Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (DAL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (IND)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (ARI)
TO PICK
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (ARI)
TO PICK
 
Players Gained
Head Shot
Mazi Smith
DT
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B+
ValueB NeedA- TradesA+ FutureB
Nobody dealt better than the Bears this weekend: B+.

The Bears went off the board in a big way for Donovan Jackson, 43 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Johnson. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. A whole weekend of picks and cornerback is somehow still a want.

Adding Mazi Smith by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
Good price on Abdul Carter in pick No. 12, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick39 Rnd2 Kenneth Grant
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Kenneth Grant at slot 39. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick41 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
A wild overpay on Donovan Jackson in pick 41, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick72 Rnd3 Kaleb Johnson
They robbed the room for Kaleb Johnson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick80 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
A clean, defensible pick in the 80th pick with a little surplus value in Jayden Higgins. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick113 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. at Round 4, Pick 12 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick116 Rnd4 Jake Majors
Jake Majors at No. 116 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.