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makinisland'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 17, 2026

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  • makinisland DRAFTING FOR THE
    Saints
Draft Selections
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (NO)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NO)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Ja'Kobi Lane Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NO)
Ja'Kobi Lane
WR USC
Logan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (NO)
Logan Jones
C Iowa
CJ Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 4 (NO)
CJ Daniels
WR Miami
Tanner Koziol Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (NO)
Tanner Koziol
TE Houston
DJ Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (NO)
DJ Campbell
OG Texas
Rayshaun Benny Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (NO)
Rayshaun Benny
DL Michigan
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Saints.

The Saints' one glaring miss is edge rusher, a need they left exactly as they found it.

They left with offensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. The skill positions did well by the weekend.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Jeremiyah Love
In pick 8 they get a bell-cow for the offense at fair value.
Pick42 Rnd2 Sonny Styles
Nothing to complain about; Sonny Styles went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick73 Rnd3 Ja'Kobi Lane
A tidy little value on Ja'Kobi Lane in slot 73, a step better than break-even. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick132 Rnd4 Logan Jones
No drama and no debate, Logan Jones went about where he belonged in No. 132. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick137 Rnd4 CJ Daniels
They paid sticker price for CJ Daniels in Round 4, Pick 37, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick149 Rnd5 Tanner Koziol
Tanner Koziol in the 149th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick171 Rnd5 DJ Campbell
They did well to land DJ Campbell in the 171st pick, just ahead of his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick189 Rnd6 Rayshaun Benny
Rayshaun Benny at the Round 6 slot is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the interior defensive lineman. It fills a real need, too.