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Princely Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (NO)
Princely Umanmielen
DE Ole Miss
Harold Fannin Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (NO)
Harold Fannin Jr.
TE Bowling Green
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (NO)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (NO)
Donovan Jackson
OG Ohio State
Dontay Corleone Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (NO)
Dontay Corleone
DT Cincinnati
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (NO)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (NO)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Dani Dennis-Sutton Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (NO)
Dani Dennis-Sutton
DE Penn State
Miles Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (NO)
Miles Frazier
OG LSU
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (NO)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Princely Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Princely Umanmielen
DE Ole Miss
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (NYG)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Miles Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (NYG)
Miles Frazier
OG LSU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (DAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (DAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (DAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (DAL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Tory Horton Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (NYG)
Tory Horton
WR Colorado State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Mazi Smith
DT
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB+
The Saints let Kiser fall into their laps, and walked away with a A-.

Thirty-one other rooms let Jack Kiser slide, and the Saints were the ones holding the card at No. 253. Highway robbery.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. Leaving cornerback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The Higgins pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

The Mazi Smith pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Princely Umanmielen and all.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Princely Umanmielen
In the 12th overall pick they get a premier pass rusher. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick43 Rnd2 Harold Fannin Jr.
Nice patience on Harold Fannin Jr., who had no business lasting to Round 2, Pick 11. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick76 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts at slot 76 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick87 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
A straight-up fair deal on Donovan Jackson at pick 87, value and slot in agreement. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick112 Rnd4 Dontay Corleone
Good price on Dontay Corleone in the Round 4 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick134 Rnd4 Jayden Higgins
The board had cheaper options than Jayden Higgins at No. 134, and it noticed. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick150 Rnd5 Cody Simon
Cody Simon in the 150th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick187 Rnd6 Dani Dennis-Sutton
Taking Dani Dennis-Sutton in pick No. 187 is close to grand larceny; an edge rusher that good had no business lasting this long. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick218 Rnd7 Miles Frazier
Miles Frazier in pick No. 218 lands just on the right side of the ledger. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick253 Rnd7 Jack Kiser
Jack Kiser in the 253rd pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.