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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (LV)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (LV)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (LV)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (LV)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (LV)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Marcus Harris Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (LV)
Marcus Harris
DE-EDGE Auburn
Austin Reed Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (LV)
Austin Reed
QB Western Kentucky
Trey Knox Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (LV)
Trey Knox
TE South Carolina
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in Round 6, Pick 33 lands the Raiders a B, Harris and all.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Marcus Harris, the 208th overall pick, roughly 55 picks past where he belonged.

Reed has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The wide receiver hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In the 13th overall pick they get a long-term starter on the line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick44 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
A premium they did not need to pay, Kingsley Suamataia a notch or two before his time. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick77 Rnd3 DJ James
DJ James in the Round 3 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick112 Rnd4 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
You do not let a safety like Dadrion Taylor-Demerson reach slot 112 and blink. They did not. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick148 Rnd5 Chau Smith-Wade
The board fumbled Chau Smith-Wade all the way to the 148th pick, and they scooped it up. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick208 Rnd6 Marcus Harris
They robbed the room for Marcus Harris here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick223 Rnd7 Austin Reed
Austin Reed at No. 223 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick229 Rnd7 Trey Knox
They did well to land Trey Knox in pick No. 229, just ahead of his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.