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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (CLE)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Jonah Savaiinaea Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (CLE)
Jonah Savaiinaea
OT Arizona
Harold Fannin Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
Harold Fannin Jr.
TE Bowling Green
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (CLE)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CLE)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (CLE)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Kyle McCord Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (CLE)
Kyle McCord
QB Syracuse
R.J. Mickens Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (CLE)
R.J. Mickens
S Clemson
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (CLE)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (CLE)
Jordan Hancock
S Ohio State
Jackson Hawes Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CLE)
Jackson Hawes
TE Georgia Tech
Draft Picks Received
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jonah Savaiinaea Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jonah Savaiinaea
OT Arizona
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (DAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (DAL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (DAL)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Players Gained
Head Shot
Tyler Smith
OT
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall A
ValueB+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureA+
Larceny in No. 179 lands the Browns a A, McCord and all.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Kyle McCord got past him. The Browns do not have to explain a thing at pick 179. Just about everything broke right, and the A follows.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

Reaching for Mickens left real value on the table behind him. It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In the Round 1 slot they get a lead back with juice at a price that makes it sweeter. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick33 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
They let Walter Nolen come to them and pounced at No. 33. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick44 Rnd2 Jonah Savaiinaea
They paid sticker price for Jonah Savaiinaea in Round 2, Pick 12, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick67 Rnd3 Harold Fannin Jr.
Harold Fannin Jr. in the 67th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick76 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jayden Higgins at slot 76 is the proof. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick94 Rnd3 Jalen Milroe
By-the-book stuff, Jalen Milroe at pick 94 squarely in line with his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick104 Rnd4 Savion Williams
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Savion Williams at the 104th pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick179 Rnd6 Kyle McCord
Kyle McCord in pick No. 179 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick192 Rnd6 R.J. Mickens
A reach on R.J. Mickens in the 192nd pick; the board had better options right there. It fills a real need, too.
Pick200 Rnd6 Jay Higgins
A tidy bit of business in Round 6, Pick 24, where Jay Higgins graded well above the range. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick216 Rnd6 Jordan Hancock
Nice patience on Jordan Hancock, who had no business lasting to No. 216. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick254 Rnd7 Jackson Hawes
Fair-plus on Jackson Hawes, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.