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    Bengals
Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (CIN)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Benjamin Morrison Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Benjamin Morrison
CB Notre Dame
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (CIN)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (CIN)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Elic Ayomanor Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (CIN)
Elic Ayomanor
WR Stanford
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (CIN)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Corey Kiner Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (CIN)
Corey Kiner
RB Cincinnati
Draft Picks Received
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (PHI)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (PHI)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (HOU)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (HOU)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (HOU)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (PHI)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Draft Grade — Bengals
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesC+ FutureB
Mondon Jr. should have been long gone. The Bengals pounced, and earned a B.

Call it larceny. Smael Mondon Jr. sat on the board until the 166th pick, and the Bengals did not need to be asked twice.

The tight end spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with cornerback the one that mattered most.

Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

Good work on the whole, with tight end the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a home-run threat at receiver at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Benjamin Morrison
They paid sticker price for Benjamin Morrison in pick 49, and that is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick81 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
They barely believed it either: Xavier Watts still on the board at slot 81. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick89 Rnd3 Alfred Collins
They will replay Alfred Collins at No. 89 for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick128 Rnd4 Rylie Mills
Rylie Mills at pick No. 128 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick152 Rnd5 Elic Ayomanor
Elic Ayomanor in the Round 5 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick166 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
You do not let a linebacker like Smael Mondon Jr. reach the 166th pick and blink. They did not. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick191 Rnd6 Corey Kiner
They let Corey Kiner come to them and pounced at the 191st overall pick. The roster fit checks out.