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Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (LV)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (LV)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Jaylin Noel Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (LV)
Jaylin Noel
WR Iowa State
Carson Schwesinger Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Carson Schwesinger
LB UCLA
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (LV)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Will Howard Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (LV)
Will Howard
QB Ohio State
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (LV)
Antwaun Powell-Ryland
DL-EDGE Virginia Tech
Jeffrey Bassa Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (LV)
Jeffrey Bassa
LB Oregon
Pat Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (LV)
Pat Bryant
WR Illinois
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (LV)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Draft Picks Received
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Jaylin Noel Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (KC)
Jaylin Noel
WR Iowa State
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (DEN)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Will Howard Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (BUF)
Will Howard
QB Ohio State
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (MIN)
Antwaun Powell-Ryland
DL-EDGE Virginia Tech
Pat Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (SF)
Pat Bryant
WR Illinois
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (KC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (MIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (BUF)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Jamaree Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (DEN)
Jamaree Caldwell
DL Oregon
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (SF)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
Luke Elzinga Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (DEN)
Luke Elzinga
P Oklahoma
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (SF)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
Players Gained
Head Shot
Justyn Ross
WR
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureA
No fireworks, just a tidy B+ for the Raiders.

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Raiders shredded theirs for Hayden Conner. He came off 52 spots early, and the room will hear about it. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up. That is a running back worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
The board had Jahdae Barron higher than pick No. 30, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick37 Rnd2 Kenneth Grant
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Kenneth Grant at the 37th pick is the proof. It fills a real need, too.
Pick56 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
Omarion Hampton at No. 56 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick66 Rnd3 Jaylin Noel
Good price on Jaylin Noel in pick 66, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick68 Rnd3 Carson Schwesinger
Carson Schwesinger at Round 3, Pick 4 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick85 Rnd3 Andrew Mukuba
They took Andrew Mukuba at par in slot 85, which is nothing to complain about. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick109 Rnd4 Will Howard
They read the board right and Will Howard was the payoff at No. 109. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick139 Rnd5 Antwaun Powell-Ryland
They talked themselves into Antwaun Powell-Ryland at the 139th overall pick, and the board did not agree. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick143 Rnd5 Jeffrey Bassa
Jeffrey Bassa in pick No. 143 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick160 Rnd5 Pat Bryant
Pat Bryant at Round 5, Pick 22 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick215 Rnd6 Hayden Conner
A wild overpay on Hayden Conner in the Round 6 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.