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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (LV)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (LV)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (LV)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (LV)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (LV)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (LV)
Connor Colby
OT Iowa
Justin Eboigbe Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (LV)
Justin Eboigbe
DL-EDGE Alabama
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A passer of the future in Daniels, and a B, for the Raiders.

The Raiders spent the pick that matters most on Jayden Daniels, and a roster that has been waiting on a passer can start to take shape.

The Eboigbe reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. However the rest shakes out, Rice at that price is a win they earned.

That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In slot 11 they get a franchise quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick43 Rnd2 Johnny Wilson
Johnny Wilson is a better player than the 43rd pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick75 Rnd3 T.J. Tampa
T.J. Tampa in the Round 3 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick111 Rnd4 Will Shipley
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Will Shipley at pick No. 111. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick148 Rnd5 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice at No. 148 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.
Pick189 Rnd6 Connor Colby
They will replay Connor Colby at Round 6, Pick 14 for years; that is how good the value is. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick232 Rnd7 Justin Eboigbe
A wild overpay on Justin Eboigbe in the 232nd overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.