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Draft Selections
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Ashton Gillotte Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Ashton Gillotte
DE-EDGE Louisville
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (NO)
Connor Colby
OG Iowa
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (NO)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
KeAndre Lambert-Smith Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (NO)
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR Auburn
Jahvaree Ritzie Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (NO)
Jahvaree Ritzie
DL North Carolina
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Saints checked most of the boxes and earned a B.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Saints took Connor Colby a full 62 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Ransom. That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Will Campbell
In Round 1, Pick 9 they get a cornerstone up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick40 Rnd2 Kenneth Grant
Kenneth Grant in pick No. 40 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick71 Rnd3 Dylan Sampson
Nice patience on Dylan Sampson, who had no business lasting to the 71st overall pick. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick93 Rnd3 Ashton Gillotte
Ashton Gillotte in pick 93 is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick111 Rnd4 Connor Colby
Value said wait; Connor Colby in No. 111 says they were not listening. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick130 Rnd4 Lathan Ransom
Lathan Ransom in the 130th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick186 Rnd6 KeAndre Lambert-Smith
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on KeAndre Lambert-Smith. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick254 Rnd7 Jahvaree Ritzie
Jahvaree Ritzie at the 254th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.