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Draft Selections
Shedeur Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (LV)
Shedeur Sanders
QB Colorado
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (LV)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (LV)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (LV)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (LV)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (LV)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Eli Stowers Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (LV)
Eli Stowers
TE Vanderbilt
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (LV)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 7 (LV)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Lander Barton Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (LV)
Lander Barton
LB Utah
Draft Picks Received
Shedeur Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (JAX)
Shedeur Sanders
QB Colorado
Draft Picks Traded
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (JAX)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Players traded away
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Davante Adams
WR
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Kana'i Mauga
LB
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Phalen Sanford
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Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall F
ValueC+ NeedB TradesF FutureD
The Raiders bet the future on Sanders. The board says F.

When a board-topper like Nicholas Singleton slides to the 212th pick, you do not overthink it, and the Raiders did not.

Every board in the league had Porter lower, and that gap is the story. They have staked the next five years on Shedeur Sanders, which is the only story that really matters here.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

The bill for those future picks comes due whether the class hits or not.

In short, a weekend the front office will want to forget in a hurry.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Shedeur Sanders
In slot 1 they get the face of the franchise. A real need, handled.
Pick36 Rnd2 Darien Porter
Darien Porter in pick No. 36 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick67 Rnd3 Dylan Fairchild
A quiet steal in pick No. 67: Dylan Fairchild for less than the market said. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick70 Rnd3 Clay Webb
No drama and no debate, Clay Webb went about where he belonged in No. 70. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick106 Rnd4 Jayden Higgins
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jayden Higgins this early at Round 4, Pick 5. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick142 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at the 142nd pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick179 Rnd6 Eli Stowers
Taking Eli Stowers in slot 179 is close to grand larceny; a tight end that good had no business lasting this long. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick212 Rnd6 Nicholas Singleton
A running back of that caliber at the Round 6 slot is the definition of value, full stop. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick215 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
A big swing on Thor Griffith at pick 215, well ahead of any board in the building. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick220 Rnd7 Lander Barton
They barely believed it either: Lander Barton still on the board at the 220th overall pick. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.