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    Patriots
Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (NE)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (NE)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (NE)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Danny Stutsman Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Danny Stutsman
LB Oklahoma
Carson Schwesinger Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (NE)
Carson Schwesinger
LB UCLA
Davison Igbinosun Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (NE)
Davison Igbinosun
CB Ohio State
Nick Nash Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (NE)
Nick Nash
WR San Jose State
Nohl Williams Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NE)
Nohl Williams
CB California
Elijah Arroyo Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Elijah Arroyo
TE Miami
Traeshon Holden Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Traeshon Holden
WR Oregon
Draft Picks Received
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (DEN)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Carson Schwesinger Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (DEN)
Carson Schwesinger
LB UCLA
Nick Nash Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DEN)
Nick Nash
WR San Jose State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (KC)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Aeneas Peebles Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (DEN)
Aeneas Peebles
DL Virginia Tech
Players Gained
Head Shot
Micah Parsons
LB
Head Shot
Tyler Smith
OT
Head Shot
Trey Smith
OG
Head Shot
Kingsley Suamataia
OT
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B+
ValueC NeedB TradesA+ FutureA
The Patriots worked the phones like thieves and earned a B+.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Patriots took Traeshon Holden a full 127 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. It does the job without flash, and the B+ reflects it.

Arroyo falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. The Schwesinger pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with edge rusher, safety and other spots still on the board.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick36 Rnd2 Kenneth Grant
Nice patience on Kenneth Grant, who had no business lasting to pick 36. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick67 Rnd3 Tyler Warren
Steal is underselling it; Tyler Warren at Round 3, Pick 3 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick85 Rnd3 Emery Jones Jr.
A wild overpay on Emery Jones Jr. in the Round 3 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It fills a real need, too.
Pick103 Rnd4 Danny Stutsman
Danny Stutsman at the 103rd overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick121 Rnd4 Carson Schwesinger
A surprising call. With edge rusher, safety and other spots still to address, they spent No. 121 on Carson Schwesinger, a linebacker they were not short of.
Pick138 Rnd5 Davison Igbinosun
They reached into another round for Davison Igbinosun, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick196 Rnd6 Nick Nash
Nick Nash at slot 196 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick219 Rnd7 Nohl Williams
Nohl Williams in pick No. 219 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick220 Rnd7 Elijah Arroyo
Elijah Arroyo in No. 220 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick238 Rnd7 Traeshon Holden
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Traeshon Holden. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.