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2024 Arizona Draft

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Draft Selections
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Jonah Elliss Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jonah Elliss
DE-EDGE Utah
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Tyrice Knight Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Tyrice Knight
LB UTEP
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
Jawhar Jordan Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jawhar Jordan
RB Louisville
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (ARI)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Aki Ogunbiyi Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (ARI)
Aki Ogunbiyi
OG Texas A&M
Javon Baker Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Javon Baker
WR UCF
Mason Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (ARI)
Mason Fairchild
TE Kansas
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Cardinals: B-.

The war room fell hard for Jawhar Jordan, and it showed at No. 133: 76 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

Baker falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

They went 7 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Malik Nabers
In the Round 1 slot they get a No. 1 receiver. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick27 Rnd1 Jordan Morgan
In No. 27 they get a cornerstone up front at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick35 Rnd2 Jonah Elliss
A conviction pick on Jonah Elliss at Round 2, Pick 3 that the board grades a round light. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick66 Rnd3 J.J. McCarthy
J.J. McCarthy in the 66th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick71 Rnd3 Blake Fisher
Blake Fisher in pick No. 71 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick90 Rnd3 Tyrice Knight
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Tyrice Knight well ahead of where he belonged. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick104 Rnd4 Mohamed Kamara
Mohamed Kamara at the 104th pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick133 Rnd4 Jawhar Jordan
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jawhar Jordan. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick140 Rnd5 Jaylin Simpson
They jumped the gun on Jaylin Simpson, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick188 Rnd6 Aki Ogunbiyi
Aki Ogunbiyi at the Round 6 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick225 Rnd7 Javon Baker
Javon Baker at Round 7, Pick 5 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick227 Rnd7 Mason Fairchild
A wild overpay on Mason Fairchild in No. 227, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It patches a soft spot without any drama.