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2025 draft

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    Cardinals
Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Benjamin Morrison Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Benjamin Morrison
CB Notre Dame
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (ARI)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (ARI)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

The war room fell hard for Howard Cross III, and it showed at pick No. 114: 39 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

That Paul Jr. pick is the receipt they will wave around later. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In pick No. 16 they get a load in the middle. A real need, handled.
Pick47 Rnd2 Benjamin Morrison
Benjamin Morrison at the Round 2 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick78 Rnd3 Ajani Cornelius
Ajani Cornelius at pick 78 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick114 Rnd4 Howard Cross III
A real head-scratcher, Howard Cross III in No. 114 is miles ahead of his ranking. The roster fit checks out.
Pick151 Rnd5 Chris Paul Jr.
Somehow Chris Paul Jr. was still sitting there in the 151st overall pick, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.