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Draft Selections
Fernando Mendoza Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (LV)
Fernando Mendoza
QB Indiana
Lee Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (LV)
Lee Hunter
DT Texas Tech
Elijah Sarratt Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (LV)
Elijah Sarratt
WR Indiana
Daylen Everette Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (LV)
Daylen Everette
CB Georgia
Zakee Wheatley Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (LV)
Zakee Wheatley
S Penn State
Isaiah World Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (LV)
Isaiah World
OT Oregon
Bryce Boettcher Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (LV)
Bryce Boettcher
LB Oregon
Kaelon Black Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 5 (LV)
Kaelon Black
RB Indiana
Patrick Payton Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (LV)
Patrick Payton
DE-EDGE LSU
Josh Cameron Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (LV)
Josh Cameron
WR Baylor
Joey Aguilar Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (LV)
Joey Aguilar
QB Tennessee
Draft Picks Received
Zakee Wheatley Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Zakee Wheatley
S Penn State
Kaelon Black Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Kaelon Black
RB Indiana
Draft Picks Traded
Emmett Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Emmett Johnson
RB Nebraska
Players traded away
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Tre Tucker
WR
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall C
ValueC+ NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The Raiders found their guy under center in Mendoza: C.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Raiders spent slot 185 on Patrick Payton, a name most had 72 spots down the list. It nets out a thoroughly average C.

They have staked the next five years on Fernando Mendoza, which is the only story that really matters here. Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Everette.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up.

A perfectly average weekend, for better and for worse.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Fernando Mendoza
In the 1st pick they get the face of the franchise. A real need, handled.
Pick36 Rnd2 Lee Hunter
The board had cheaper options than Lee Hunter at No. 36, and it noticed. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick67 Rnd3 Elijah Sarratt
Elijah Sarratt in pick 67 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick102 Rnd4 Daylen Everette
Daylen Everette in the Round 4 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick103 Rnd4 Zakee Wheatley
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Zakee Wheatley at slot 103. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick134 Rnd4 Isaiah World
They went early on Isaiah World in Round 4, Pick 34, and the value did not follow. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick175 Rnd5 Bryce Boettcher
They paid sticker price for Bryce Boettcher in the Round 5 slot, and that is fine. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick179 Rnd5 Kaelon Black
Kaelon Black at the 179th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick185 Rnd6 Patrick Payton
They reached a country mile for Patrick Payton at slot 185, and the board is aghast. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick208 Rnd6 Josh Cameron
Josh Cameron at No. 208 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick219 Rnd7 Joey Aguilar
Joey Aguilar in pick 219 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.