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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Josh Conerly Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Josh Conerly Jr.
OT Oregon
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Ashton Gillotte Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Ashton Gillotte
DE-EDGE Louisville
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Karene Reid Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Karene Reid
LB Utah
Zeek Biggers Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Zeek Biggers
DT Georgia Tech
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Patriots.

The Jaylen Reed selection is the head-turner. The Patriots reached 44 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered.

Brooks falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In the 4th pick they get an island corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick38 Rnd2 Josh Conerly Jr.
Josh Conerly Jr. at pick No. 38 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
Pick69 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
A tidy bit of business in Round 3, Pick 5, where Jayden Higgins graded well above the range. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick77 Rnd3 Ashton Gillotte
Ashton Gillotte in the Round 3 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick106 Rnd4 Jackson Slater
Jackson Slater at No. 106 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick144 Rnd5 Jaylen Reed
They reached into another round for Jaylen Reed, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick217 Rnd7 Tahj Brooks
You do not let a running back like Tahj Brooks reach Round 7, Pick 1 and blink. They did not. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick220 Rnd7 Karene Reid
They let Karene Reid come to them and pounced at the 220th overall pick. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick238 Rnd7 Zeek Biggers
A premium they did not need to pay, Zeek Biggers a notch or two before his time. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.