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Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (WSH)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (WSH)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (WSH)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Aeneas Peebles Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (WSH)
Aeneas Peebles
DL Virginia Tech
Garrett Dellinger Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (WSH)
Garrett Dellinger
OG LSU
Draft Picks Received
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CHI)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Aeneas Peebles Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (PHI)
Aeneas Peebles
DL Virginia Tech
Draft Picks Traded
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (LAR)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (PHI)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
Akili Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (PHI)
Akili Arnold
S USC
Ricky White III Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (PHI)
Ricky White III
WR UNLV
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B
ValueA NeedB TradesB+ FutureC+
Grand theft in the Round 4 slot: the Commanders steal Peebles and grade out a B.

The Commanders spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Aeneas Peebles, the No. 85 name on the board, in the 128th pick. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want. The Dellinger reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In the Round 1 slot they get a go-to option on the outside at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick41 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
The board fumbled Jalon Walker all the way to the 41st overall pick, and they scooped it up. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick79 Rnd3 T.J. Sanders
They robbed the room for T.J. Sanders here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick128 Rnd4 Aeneas Peebles
Taking Aeneas Peebles in pick 128 is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick247 Rnd7 Garrett Dellinger
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Garrett Dellinger well ahead of where he belonged. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.