Truckley45'S MOCK DRAFT
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Truckley45'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON NOV 16, 2025

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  • Truckley45 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Caleb Downs Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (ARI)
Caleb Downs
S Ohio State
Austin Barber Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (ARI)
Austin Barber
OT Florida
Jayden Maiava Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (ARI)
Jayden Maiava
QB USC
Xavier Scott Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (ARI)
Xavier Scott
CB Illinois
Nic Anderson Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (ARI)
Nic Anderson
WR LSU
DJ Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (ARI)
DJ Campbell
OG Texas
Drayk Bowen Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Drayk Bowen
LB Notre Dame
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals let Maiava fall into their laps, and walked away with a B-.

Call it larceny. Jayden Maiava sat on the board until pick No. 73, and the Cardinals did not need to be asked twice.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. Reaching for Barber left real value on the table behind him.

Job largely done: quarterback settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered. They reloaded the coverage unit in bulk.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Caleb Downs
Caleb Downs at slot 11 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick42 Rnd2 Austin Barber
Austin Barber in the 42nd overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick73 Rnd3 Jayden Maiava
They robbed the room for Jayden Maiava here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick111 Rnd4 Xavier Scott
Xavier Scott in pick No. 111 is fair value, right on his grade. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick150 Rnd5 Nic Anderson
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Nic Anderson. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick187 Rnd6 DJ Campbell
DJ Campbell at the Round 6 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick225 Rnd7 Drayk Bowen
Fair-plus on Drayk Bowen, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It fills a real need, too.