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    Commanders
Draft Selections
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (WSH)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (WSH)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (WSH)
Antwaun Powell-Ryland
DL-EDGE Virginia Tech
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 5 (WSH)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (WSH)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
Isaac TeSlaa Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (WSH)
Isaac TeSlaa
WR Arkansas
Teddye Buchanan Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (WSH)
Teddye Buchanan
LB California
Rayuan Lane III Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (WSH)
Rayuan Lane III
S Navy
Draft Picks Received
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (LAC)
Antwaun Powell-Ryland
DL-EDGE Virginia Tech
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 5 (LAC)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Rayuan Lane III Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (LAC)
Rayuan Lane III
S Navy
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (LAC)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (LAC)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Omarr Norman-Lott Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (LAC)
Omarr Norman-Lott
DT Tennessee
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesC- FutureB
The Commanders cashed the board's mistake on Neal: B.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Devin Neal, the No. 81 name on the board, stolen at Round 5, Pick 38. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

They are betting Powell-Ryland proves the room right and everyone else wrong. A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Kelvin Banks Jr.
In the Round 1 slot they get a long-term starter on the line at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick79 Rnd3 Denzel Burke
The board had cheaper options than Denzel Burke at Round 3, Pick 15, and it noticed. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick124 Rnd4 Antwaun Powell-Ryland
They reached into another round for Antwaun Powell-Ryland, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick177 Rnd5 Devin Neal
Steal is underselling it; Devin Neal at the 177th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick207 Rnd6 Kyle Williams
Kyle Williams at pick No. 207 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick238 Rnd7 Isaac TeSlaa
Isaac TeSlaa at pick 238 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick250 Rnd7 Teddye Buchanan
They robbed the room for Teddye Buchanan here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick253 Rnd7 Rayuan Lane III
They went early on Rayuan Lane III in the 253rd overall pick, and the value did not follow. A minor need, but a need all the same.