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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (LAR)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (LAR)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Adisa Isaac Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (LAR)
Adisa Isaac
DE-EDGE Penn State
J. Michael Sturdivant Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (LAR)
J. Michael Sturdivant
WR UCLA
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (LAR)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (LAR)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Aki Ogunbiyi Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (LAR)
Aki Ogunbiyi
OG Texas A&M
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (LAR)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Omar Speights Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (LAR)
Omar Speights
LB LSU
Zion Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 6 (LAR)
Zion Nelson
OT Miami (FL)
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (LAR)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Draft Picks Received
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (SF)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
J. Michael Sturdivant Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (SF)
J. Michael Sturdivant
WR UCLA
Draft Picks Traded
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (SF)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Players Gained
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Cameron Latu
TE
Draft Grade — Rams
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB+ FutureB-
The Rams cashed the board's mistake on Sainristil: B.

The Rams did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Mike Sainristil fell into the 159th overall pick. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. The dealing nudged the ledger their way without much fuss.

Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In Round 1, Pick 22 they get a sticky cover corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick63 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
They did well to land Kingsley Suamataia in the Round 2 slot, just ahead of his grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick86 Rnd3 Adisa Isaac
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Adisa Isaac in the 86th overall pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick98 Rnd3 J. Michael Sturdivant
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on J. Michael Sturdivant. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick159 Rnd5 Mike Sainristil
Mike Sainristil at No. 159 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Pick160 Rnd5 Cole Bishop
Cole Bishop slipping to pick No. 160 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick191 Rnd6 Aki Ogunbiyi
Aki Ogunbiyi is a better player than the 191st pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick214 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
Steal is underselling it; De'Corian Clark at slot 214 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick216 Rnd6 Omar Speights
Good price on Omar Speights in pick 216, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick218 Rnd6 Zion Nelson
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Zion Nelson at Round 6, Pick 43 is the proof. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick221 Rnd7 Isaiah Davis
A clean, defensible pick in slot 221 with a little surplus value in Isaiah Davis. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.