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Draft Selections
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (CHI)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
James Pearce Jr.
DE Tennessee
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (CHI)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Nic Scourton Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (CHI)
Nic Scourton
DL Texas A&M
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (CHI)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (CHI)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (ATL)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (ATL)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (LAR)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (LAR)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
TO PICK
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (DAL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (DAL)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B
ValueC NeedB TradesA- FutureB
The Bears let Mondon Jr. fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Smael Mondon Jr. got past him. The Bears do not have to explain a thing at slot 118. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

Ersery has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. For all the activity, running back went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Edge rusher was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job. The dealing nudged the ledger their way without much fuss.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick19 Rnd1 Aireontae Ersery
In No. 19 they get an anchor for the offensive line, though the board says they badly overpaid. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick39 Rnd2 James Pearce Jr.
James Pearce Jr. in Round 2, Pick 7 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick42 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Value with a capital V on Tate Ratledge in the 42nd overall pick, a genuine coup. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick51 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts in slot 51 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick73 Rnd3 Nic Scourton
They barely believed it either: Nic Scourton still on the board at the 73rd pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick82 Rnd3 Jake Majors
Jake Majors at the Round 3 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The roster fit checks out.
Pick118 Rnd4 Smael Mondon Jr.
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Smael Mondon Jr. in pick No. 118, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.