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Draft Selections
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NO)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (NO)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (NO)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (NO)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (NO)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (NO)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (NO)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (NO)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (NO)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (NO)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Draft Picks Received
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (CIN)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CIN)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (CIN)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (CIN)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Players Gained
Head Shot
Mike Hilton
CB
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesB FutureA+
The Saints let Singleton fall and pounced. Final grade: B+.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Nicholas Singleton, the No. 100 name on the board, stolen at No. 253. More right than wrong, and a B+ to match.

The Griffith pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

The Mike Hilton deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
Tyler Booker in the 42nd overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick47 Rnd2 Alfred Collins
A reach on Alfred Collins in slot 47; the board had better options right there. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick74 Rnd3 Tyler Warren
Tyler Warren at pick No. 74 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It fills a real need, too.
Pick81 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
Good price on Jayden Higgins in pick 81, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick90 Rnd3 Deontae Lawson
They let Deontae Lawson come to them and pounced at the Round 3 slot. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick111 Rnd4 Luke Kandra
Luke Kandra in Round 4, Pick 10 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick117 Rnd4 Jack Bech
They robbed the room for Jack Bech here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick128 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
A safety of that caliber at the 128th pick is the definition of value, full stop. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick185 Rnd6 Thor Griffith
A big swing on Thor Griffith at the Round 6 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick253 Rnd7 Nicholas Singleton
Nicholas Singleton in pick 253 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.