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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (NE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (NE)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (NE)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 4 (NE)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NE)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins
DL-EDGE Georgia
Tim Smith Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Tim Smith
DL Alabama
Draft Picks Received
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIN)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIN)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (MIN)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall C+
ValueB- NeedB- TradesD- FutureA
The Patriots lost the trade table, and the C+ tells the story.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins, 144 picks early at the 220th overall pick. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C+.

Kiser falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close.

The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

If Travis Hunter and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Travis Hunter. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick67 Rnd3 Jake Majors
Jake Majors at the 67th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick79 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins at No. 79 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the wide receiver. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick103 Rnd4 Mason Taylor
Good price on Mason Taylor in pick 103, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The roster fit checks out.
Pick138 Rnd4 JJ Pegues
JJ Pegues at slot 138 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick219 Rnd7 Jack Kiser
Somehow Jack Kiser was still sitting there in pick No. 219, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick220 Rnd7 Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins
Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins in pick 220 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick238 Rnd7 Tim Smith
A big swing on Tim Smith at the 238th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.