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2025 Raiders Draft Dreams 3

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Draft Selections
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LV)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (LV)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (LV)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (LV)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (LV)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Nick Nash Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (LV)
Nick Nash
WR San Jose State
Seth McLaughlin Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (LV)
Seth McLaughlin
C Ohio State
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (LV)
Jordan Hancock
S Ohio State
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Ward is the plan now, and the Raiders grade out a B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Cam Skattebo had no business being available in pick No. 178, and the Raiders did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

So much rides on Cam Ward that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. Every board in the league had Nash lower, and that gap is the story.

They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The Carter pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with edge rusher, cornerback and other spots still on the board.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In the 6th overall pick they get a long-term answer under center at fair value.
Pick37 Rnd2 Xavier Restrepo
Xavier Restrepo in No. 37 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick68 Rnd3 Jihaad Campbell
You do not let a linebacker like Jihaad Campbell reach pick No. 68 and blink. They did not. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick73 Rnd3 Kaleb Johnson
The board fumbled Kaleb Johnson all the way to slot 73, and they scooped it up. The roster fit checks out.
Pick106 Rnd4 Barrett Carter
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the 106th overall pick on Barrett Carter with edge rusher, cornerback and other spots unsolved.
Pick142 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. at pick 142 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick178 Rnd6 Cam Skattebo
Cam Skattebo in the Round 6 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It fills a real need, too.
Pick212 Rnd6 Nick Nash
They reached into another round for Nick Nash, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick216 Rnd6 Seth McLaughlin
Somehow Seth McLaughlin was still sitting there in the 216th pick, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick222 Rnd7 Jordan Hancock
Jordan Hancock in No. 222 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.