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RUN ON APR 23, 2026

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2026 FINAL MOCK

  • AveryCooks DRAFTING FOR THE
    Raiders
Draft Selections
Fernando Mendoza Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (LV)
Fernando Mendoza
QB Indiana
Chase Bisontis Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (LV)
Chase Bisontis
OG Texas A&M
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (LV)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Jalon Kilgore Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (LV)
Jalon Kilgore
CB South Carolina
De'Zhaun Stribling Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (LV)
De'Zhaun Stribling
WR Ole Miss
J.C. Davis Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (LV)
J.C. Davis
OT Illinois
Demond Claiborne Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (LV)
Demond Claiborne
RB Wake Forest
Marlin Klein Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (LV)
Marlin Klein
TE Michigan
Aaron Anderson Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (LV)
Aaron Anderson
WR LSU
Jalen Stroman Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (LV)
Jalen Stroman
S Notre Dame
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Raiders found their guy under center in Mendoza: B-.

The search is over. The Raiders handed the keys to Fernando Mendoza, and the whole operation now runs on his development.

That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Anderson.

Bisontis has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Fernando Mendoza
In pick 1 they get their guy under center for the next decade. A real need, handled.
Pick36 Rnd2 Chase Bisontis
Chase Bisontis in the 36th pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick67 Rnd3 Deontae Lawson
Deontae Lawson at pick No. 67 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick102 Rnd4 Jalon Kilgore
Jalon Kilgore in No. 102 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick117 Rnd4 De'Zhaun Stribling
The board fumbled De'Zhaun Stribling all the way to the 117th overall pick, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick134 Rnd4 J.C. Davis
They went early on J.C. Davis in Round 4, Pick 34, and the value did not follow. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick175 Rnd5 Demond Claiborne
Demond Claiborne at slot 175 is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick185 Rnd6 Marlin Klein
They barely believed it either: Marlin Klein still on the board at the Round 6 slot. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick208 Rnd6 Aaron Anderson
You do not let a wide receiver like Aaron Anderson reach pick No. 208 and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick219 Rnd7 Jalen Stroman
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jalen Stroman at No. 219 is the proof. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.