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Draft Selections
Princely Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (BAL)
Princely Umanmielen
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (BAL)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (BAL)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Jalen McLeod Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BAL)
Jalen McLeod
LB-EDGE Auburn
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (BAL)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (BAL)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Miles Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 5 (BAL)
Miles Frazier
OG LSU
Dorian Strong Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (BAL)
Dorian Strong
CB Virginia Tech
Tim Smith Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (BAL)
Tim Smith
DL Alabama
Akili Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (BAL)
Akili Arnold
S USC
Jacob Parrish Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (BAL)
Jacob Parrish
CB Kansas State
Draft Grade — Ravens
Overall C+
ValueC- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Ravens did enough to get by: C+.

The Ravens treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending pick 205 on Tim Smith a full 148 spots early. The final tally is a middling C+.

The Gadsden II value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. The running back spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Hit on Princely Umanmielen and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Princely Umanmielen
In Round 1, Pick 27 they get a double-digit-sack hope at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick59 Rnd2 Charles Grant
Charles Grant in the 59th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick91 Rnd3 Savion Williams
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Savion Williams. It fills a real need, too.
Pick128 Rnd4 Jalen McLeod
They reached into another round for Jalen McLeod, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick136 Rnd4 Cobee Bryant
A real head-scratcher, Cobee Bryant in slot 136 is miles ahead of his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick176 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
A tight end of that caliber at the Round 5 slot is the definition of value, full stop. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick178 Rnd5 Miles Frazier
Miles Frazier at the 178th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick185 Rnd6 Dorian Strong
A tidy bit of business in the Round 6 slot, where Dorian Strong graded well above the range. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick205 Rnd6 Tim Smith
Tim Smith at pick No. 205 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick213 Rnd6 Akili Arnold
Akili Arnold at the 213th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick245 Rnd7 Jacob Parrish
Jacob Parrish in pick 245 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.