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Draft Selections
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (NE)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (NE)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (NE)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (NE)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (NE)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (NE)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Jamaree Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NE)
Jamaree Caldwell
DL Oregon
Seth McLaughlin Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Seth McLaughlin
C Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (LV)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (CLE)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (LV)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (IND)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (LV)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (CHI)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LV)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (LV)
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Draft Picks Traded
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (CLE)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (IND)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Quincy Riley Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (CLE)
Quincy Riley
CB Louisville
Players Gained
Head Shot
Kiran Amegadjie
OT
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Kolton Miller
OT
Players traded away
Head Shot
Austin Hooper
TE
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesC+ FutureA+
Grand theft in the Round 5 slot: the Patriots steal Judkins and grade out a B+.

You build a draft on nights like this. Quinshon Judkins had no business being available in Round 5, Pick 5, and the Patriots did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.

The Caldwell reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. It is not that Campbell is a bad player; it is that the Patriots had louder needs to answer first. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

The imported veterans give this class a floor the draft picks could not on their own.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 James Pearce Jr.
In the Round 1 slot they get a quarterback's worst nightmare. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick34 Rnd2 Tre Harris
Tre Harris slid further than he should have, and No. 34 is lovely value for the wide receiver. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick39 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
A quiet steal in slot 39: Jalon Walker for less than the market said. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick46 Rnd2 Nick Emmanwori
They robbed the room for Nick Emmanwori here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick67 Rnd3 Jihaad Campbell
A surprising call. With quarterback still to address, they spent pick No. 67 on Jihaad Campbell, a linebacker they were not short of.
Pick103 Rnd4 Jack Bech
They read the board right and Jack Bech was the payoff at pick 103. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick106 Rnd4 Luke Kandra
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Luke Kandra. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick138 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
Good price on Oronde Gadsden II in the 138th pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The roster fit checks out.
Pick142 Rnd5 Quinshon Judkins
You do not let a running back like Quinshon Judkins reach pick 142 and blink. They did not. It fills a real need, too.
Pick219 Rnd7 Jamaree Caldwell
Jamaree Caldwell in the 219th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick220 Rnd7 Seth McLaughlin
Seth McLaughlin in No. 220 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.