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Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Jamaree Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Jamaree Caldwell
DL Oregon
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (ARI)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Tyler Shough Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (ARI)
Tyler Shough
QB Louisville
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cardinals did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.

When the story of this class is written, it opens with Jamaree Caldwell at Round 3, Pick 14, a reach of 53 spots that the board flatly disagrees with.

Trapilo falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with quarterback the one that mattered most.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In the 16th overall pick they get a home-run threat at receiver at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick47 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
Jihaad Campbell at slot 47 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the linebacker. It fills a real need, too.
Pick78 Rnd3 Jamaree Caldwell
Jamaree Caldwell at pick No. 78 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick114 Rnd4 Ozzy Trapilo
Ozzy Trapilo at the Round 4 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick153 Rnd5 Tyler Shough
The board had Tyler Shough higher than No. 153, and the quarterback fell to them anyway. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.