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Draft Selections
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (NE)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NE)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (NE)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Cam Horsley Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NE)
Cam Horsley
DT Boston College
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (NE)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Tonka Hemingway Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (NE)
Tonka Hemingway
DT South Carolina
Draft Picks Received
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (MIN)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Christian Darrisaw
OT
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall A
ValueB+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureA+
Best value of the weekend goes to the Patriots for Gordon II: A.

You build a draft on nights like this. Ollie Gordon II had no business being available in pick No. 222, and the Patriots did the only sane thing and turned in the card. The board rewarded a patient, disciplined weekend with a A.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The cost of the Hemingway reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

In the end it comes back to Jalon Walker, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Jalon Walker
In No. 24 they get a three-down second-level presence at fair value.
Pick38 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
Tyler Warren in Round 2, Pick 6 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick69 Rnd3 Quinshon Judkins
No drama and no debate, Quinshon Judkins went about where he belonged in the 69th pick. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick77 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins at the Round 3 slot is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick105 Rnd4 Andrew Mukuba
A safety of that caliber at slot 105 is the definition of value, full stop. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick145 Rnd5 Billy Bowman Jr.
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Billy Bowman Jr. in pick 145, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick219 Rnd7 Cam Horsley
A straight-up fair deal on Cam Horsley at pick No. 219, value and slot in agreement. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick222 Rnd7 Ollie Gordon II
You do not let a running back like Ollie Gordon II reach the 222nd overall pick and blink. They did not. The roster fit checks out.
Pick240 Rnd7 Tonka Hemingway
A conviction pick on Tonka Hemingway at slot 240 that the board grades a round light. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.