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Draft Selections
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (WSH)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (WSH)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Elijah Arroyo Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (WSH)
Elijah Arroyo
TE Miami
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (WSH)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
Brashard Smith Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (WSH)
Brashard Smith
RB SMU
Alijah Clark Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (WSH)
Alijah Clark
S Syracuse
Ben Sauls Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (WSH)
Ben Sauls
PK Pittsburgh
Draft Picks Received
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Elijah Arroyo Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (HOU)
Elijah Arroyo
TE Miami
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Commanders cashed the board's mistake on Smith: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Brashard Smith had no business being available in No. 207, and the Commanders did the only sane thing and turned in the card. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.

The cost of the Ersery reach is exactly the players who went right after him. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback.

They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but cornerback.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Aireontae Ersery
In the 29th overall pick they get protection for the quarterback, though the board says they badly overpaid. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick61 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
Steal is underselling it; Jihaad Campbell at pick No. 61 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick89 Rnd3 Isaiah Bond
Somehow Isaiah Bond was still sitting there in the 89th pick, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick127 Rnd4 Elijah Arroyo
Elijah Arroyo at No. 127 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick148 Rnd5 Barrett Carter
They will replay Barrett Carter at Round 5, Pick 11 for years; that is how good the value is. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick207 Rnd6 Brashard Smith
Circle this one: Brashard Smith at the Round 6 slot is a fall that decides a draft. The roster fit checks out.
Pick238 Rnd7 Alijah Clark
A conviction pick on Alijah Clark at pick 238 that the board grades a round light. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick250 Rnd7 Ben Sauls
They robbed the room for Ben Sauls here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.