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Draft Selections
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (NE)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (NE)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Mello Dotson Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Mello Dotson
CB Kansas
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (NE)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Brady Cook Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Brady Cook
QB Missouri
Ricky White III Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Ricky White III
WR UNLV
Draft Picks Received
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (MIN)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIN)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIN)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIN)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (MIN)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Players Gained
Head Shot
Brian O'Neill
OT
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall A-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureA+
A masterclass at the trade table lands the Patriots a A-.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Patriots did exactly that with Brady Cook in Round 7, Pick 4.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. If one pick saves this weekend, it is White III.

In the end it comes back to Colston Loveland, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Colston Loveland
In pick 24 they get a red-zone target to build around at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick38 Rnd2 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins in the Round 2 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick69 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
Good price on Donovan Jackson in pick No. 69, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick77 Rnd3 Cam Skattebo
They liked Cam Skattebo enough to skip the value, taking him in the 77th pick. It fills a real need, too.
Pick97 Rnd3 Oluwafemi Oladejo
Value said wait; Oluwafemi Oladejo in Round 3, Pick 33 says they were not listening. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick106 Rnd4 Rylie Mills
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Rylie Mills. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick144 Rnd5 Mello Dotson
Fair-plus on Mello Dotson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick171 Rnd5 Jaylen Reed
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jaylen Reed well ahead of where he belonged. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick220 Rnd7 Brady Cook
They reached a country mile for Brady Cook at pick 220, and the board is aghast. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick238 Rnd7 Ricky White III
Ricky White III slipping to the Round 7 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.