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Draft Selections
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (NE)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NE)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Mello Dotson Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (NE)
Mello Dotson
CB Kansas
Fadil Diggs Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (NE)
Fadil Diggs
DL-EDGE Syracuse
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NE)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Seth McLaughlin Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (NE)
Seth McLaughlin
C Ohio State
Tosh Baker Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (NE)
Tosh Baker
OT Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Fadil Diggs Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Fadil Diggs
DL-EDGE Syracuse
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (DAL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (DAL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (DAL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Tyler Guyton
OT
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall A-
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureA+
A masterclass at the trade table lands the Patriots a A-.

The Patriots bet big and early on Fadil Diggs, 64 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. This is how you run a draft, and the A- reflects it.

The Edwards pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class.

The interior defensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

Bottom line, they left the weekend a clearly better team, and they earned every bit of it.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Will Campbell
In pick 12 they get a building block for the line. A real need, handled.
Pick38 Rnd2 Tre Harris
A conviction pick on Tre Harris at the Round 2 slot that the board grades a round light. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick69 Rnd3 Demetrius Knight Jr.
They read the board right and Demetrius Knight Jr. was the payoff at No. 69. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick77 Rnd3 Isaiah Bond
Circle this one: Isaiah Bond at the 77th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick105 Rnd4 Malachi Moore
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Malachi Moore in Round 4, Pick 4. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick145 Rnd5 Mello Dotson
Mello Dotson at slot 145 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick170 Rnd5 Fadil Diggs
Fadil Diggs at pick 170 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick219 Rnd7 Donovan Edwards
The board fumbled Donovan Edwards all the way to slot 219, and they scooped it up. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick222 Rnd7 Seth McLaughlin
They reached into another round for Seth McLaughlin, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick240 Rnd7 Tosh Baker
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Tosh Baker. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.