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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (LV)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (LV)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (LV)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (LV)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (LV)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (LV)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (LV)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (LV)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Draft Picks Received
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (IND)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (IND)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CAR)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (IND)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (IND)
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Draft Picks Traded
Elijah Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (CAR)
Elijah Roberts
DE-EDGE SMU
Players Gained
Head Shot
Adonai Mitchell
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Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall A-
ValueA+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
Larceny in the Round 5 slot lands the Raiders a A-, Campbell and all.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Raiders were there to profit. Jihaad Campbell, the No. 39 name on the board, should have been long gone before the 144th overall pick. The sum of the weekend is a deserved A-.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In slot 14 they get an island corner, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick37 Rnd2 Ashton Jeanty
They barely believed it either: Ashton Jeanty still on the board at pick No. 37. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick45 Rnd2 Cam Ward
Cam Ward in the Round 2 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick57 Rnd2 Jahdae Barron
They robbed the room for Jahdae Barron here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick68 Rnd3 Walter Nolen
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Walter Nolen reach pick 68 and blink. They did not. The roster fit checks out.
Pick73 Rnd3 Grey Zabel
Grey Zabel at No. 73 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick107 Rnd4 Jalon Walker
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jalon Walker in Round 4, Pick 6, plain and simple. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick110 Rnd4 Kenneth Grant
Circle this one: Kenneth Grant at the 110th pick is a fall that decides a draft. It fills a real need, too.
Pick116 Rnd4 Wyatt Milum
Wyatt Milum at the 116th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick144 Rnd5 Jihaad Campbell
They will replay Jihaad Campbell at slot 144 for years; that is how good the value is. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.