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Draft Selections
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CLE)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (CLE)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CLE)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CLE)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (CLE)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (CLE)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (CLE)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (CLE)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (CLE)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (CLE)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (CLE)
Joshua Gray
OG Oregon State
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (CLE)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Kyren Lacy Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (CLE)
Kyren Lacy
WR LSU
Draft Picks Received
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (LV)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (LV)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (GB)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (GB)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (GB)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Kyren Lacy Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DAL)
Kyren Lacy
WR LSU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LV)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (GB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (LV)
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Draft Picks Traded
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (LV)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
DJ Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (DAL)
DJ Campbell
OG Texas
Lander Barton Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DAL)
Lander Barton
LB Utah
Kyle McCord Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (DAL)
Kyle McCord
QB Syracuse
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (DAL)
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson...
OT Florida
Players traded away
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David Bell
WR
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Greg Newsome II
CB
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Jack Conklin
OT
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall C-
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesF FutureA+
The Browns bet the future on Ward. The board says C-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Quinshon Judkins, the Round 6 slot, roughly 104 picks past where he belonged.

Cam Ward gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

It grades out a shrug today, with plenty of room to move either way.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In Round 1, Pick 8 they get their guy under center for the next decade. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick34 Rnd2 Will Campbell
Will Campbell at slot 34 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick39 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
Taking Walter Nolen in the 39th overall pick is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick65 Rnd3 Nick Emmanwori
They robbed the room for Nick Emmanwori here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick88 Rnd3 Tyler Warren
Tyler Warren at pick No. 88 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The roster fit checks out.
Pick93 Rnd3 Dylan Sampson
Circle this one: Dylan Sampson at the Round 3 slot is a fall that decides a draft. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick105 Rnd4 Jayden Higgins
You do not let a wide receiver like Jayden Higgins reach pick 105 and blink. They did not. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick125 Rnd4 Azareye'h Thomas
Azareye'h Thomas in Round 4, Pick 24 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick148 Rnd5 Jake Majors
A offensive lineman of that caliber at the 148th pick is the definition of value, full stop. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick159 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
Smael Mondon Jr. at slot 159 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick166 Rnd5 Joshua Gray
Joshua Gray in the 166th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick177 Rnd6 Quinshon Judkins
They will replay Quinshon Judkins at the 177th pick for years; that is how good the value is. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick209 Rnd6 Kyren Lacy
Kyren Lacy in pick No. 209 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.