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Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (NO)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Anthony Belton Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Anthony Belton
OT NC State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (NO)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (NO)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (NO)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (NO)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Jalen Travis Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (NO)
Jalen Travis
OT Iowa State
Collin Oliver Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (NO)
Collin Oliver
LB-EDGE Oklahoma State
Draft Picks Received
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CIN)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (NYG)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Jalen Travis Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (NYG)
Jalen Travis
OT Iowa State
Players traded away
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Cesar Ruiz
C
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Derek Carr
QB
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall D
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
The phones sank the Saints this weekend: D.

When the story of this class is written, it opens with Collin Oliver at the Round 7 slot, a reach of 84 spots that the board flatly disagrees with. A D that will need time and luck to look better.

The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and quarterback is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Will Campbell
In the 9th overall pick they get a blindside protector at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick40 Rnd2 Kaleb Johnson
By-the-book stuff, Kaleb Johnson at pick No. 40 squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick71 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
No drama and no debate, Jayden Higgins went about where he belonged in Round 3, Pick 7. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick81 Rnd3 Mason Taylor
They took Mason Taylor at par in slot 81, which is nothing to complain about. It fills a real need, too.
Pick93 Rnd3 Anthony Belton
This one needs a full-page explanation: Anthony Belton in the Round 3 slot, miles early. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick111 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. at pick 111 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick130 Rnd4 JJ Pegues
They left a pile of value on the table to take JJ Pegues this early at the 130th pick. The roster fit checks out.
Pick155 Rnd5 Jaylen Reed
Jaylen Reed in No. 155 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Pick186 Rnd6 Cobee Bryant
Cobee Bryant at pick No. 186 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick221 Rnd7 Jalen Travis
They reached a country mile for Jalen Travis at slot 221, and the board is aghast. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick254 Rnd7 Collin Oliver
Collin Oliver at Round 7, Pick 36 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.