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Draft Selections
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (SEA)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (SEA)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Harold Fannin Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (SEA)
Harold Fannin Jr.
TE Bowling Green
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (SEA)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (SEA)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (SEA)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 4 (SEA)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (SEA)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (SEA)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (SEA)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Quincy Riley Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (SEA)
Quincy Riley
CB Louisville
Trevor Etienne Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (SEA)
Trevor Etienne
RB Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (LAC)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (LAC)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (LAC)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Draft Picks Traded
Ashton Gillotte Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (LAC)
Ashton Gillotte
DE-EDGE Louisville
Draft Grade — Seahawks
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Seahawks robbed the room for Johnson. Final grade: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Tez Johnson had no business being available in pick 175, and the Seahawks did the only sane thing and turned in the card. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

With edge rusher and interior defensive lineman unsolved, spending premium capital on safety is the choice that costs them. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Kelvin Banks Jr.
Kelvin Banks Jr. at slot 18 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick50 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts at pick 50 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the safety. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick52 Rnd2 Harold Fannin Jr.
By-the-book stuff, Harold Fannin Jr. at the 52nd pick squarely in line with his ranking. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick86 Rnd3 Jalen Royals
They will replay Jalen Royals at pick No. 86 for years; that is how good the value is. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick92 Rnd3 Jack Bech
Steal is underselling it; Jack Bech at Round 3, Pick 28 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick125 Rnd4 Jalen Milroe
They robbed the room for Jalen Milroe here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick137 Rnd4 Malachi Moore
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went safety with Malachi Moore while clear needs at edge rusher and interior defensive lineman sat open.
Pick172 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
Taking Smael Mondon Jr. in the Round 5 slot is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick175 Rnd5 Tez Johnson
They barely believed it either: Tez Johnson still on the board at Round 5, Pick 37. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick214 Rnd6 Oronde Gadsden II
Oronde Gadsden II in the 214th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick223 Rnd7 Quincy Riley
Quincy Riley in slot 223 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick234 Rnd7 Trevor Etienne
Trevor Etienne in pick No. 234 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.