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Draft Selections
Armand Membou Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Armand Membou
OT Missouri
Donovan Ezeiruaku Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (ARI)
Donovan Ezeiruaku
DE-EDGE Boston College
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Jacob Parrish Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jacob Parrish
CB Kansas State
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (ARI)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
Jah Joyner Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (ARI)
Jah Joyner
DL-EDGE Minnesota
Donovan Smith Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (ARI)
Donovan Smith
QB Houston
Draft Picks Received
Donovan Ezeiruaku Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Donovan Ezeiruaku
DE-EDGE Boston College
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (BUF)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (BUF)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Michael Hoecht
LB
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA- FutureB
Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Cardinals.

The Cardinals clearly saw something nobody else did in Donovan Smith, taking him 49 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced.

Knight Jr. at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. The running back hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The roster is better shaped than it was, with quarterback chief among the fixes.

The trade work was a quiet net positive.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Armand Membou
In the 16th overall pick they get protection for the quarterback at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 Donovan Ezeiruaku
Good price on Donovan Ezeiruaku in the Round 2 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick78 Rnd3 Demetrius Knight Jr.
They will replay Demetrius Knight Jr. at No. 78 for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick115 Rnd4 Jacob Parrish
Jacob Parrish at pick 115 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick132 Rnd4 Kyle Williams
A clean, defensible pick in the 132nd pick with a little surplus value in Kyle Williams. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick152 Rnd5 Jah Joyner
Jah Joyner at Round 5, Pick 14 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick225 Rnd7 Donovan Smith
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Donovan Smith. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.