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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (DEN)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Kalen King Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (DEN)
Kalen King
CB Penn State
Ruke Orhorhoro Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DEN)
Ruke Orhorhoro
DT Clemson
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (DEN)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Tyrice Knight Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (DEN)
Tyrice Knight
LB UTEP
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (DEN)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (DEN)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
McCallan Castles Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (DEN)
McCallan Castles
TE Tennessee
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (DEN)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (DEN)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Zion Logue Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (DEN)
Zion Logue
DL Georgia
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (DEN)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DEN)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Draft Picks Received
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (NYG)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Kalen King Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (MIA)
Kalen King
CB Penn State
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
McCallan Castles Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (MIA)
McCallan Castles
TE Tennessee
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (NYG)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (TB)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (TB)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (TB)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (NE)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players Gained
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Brandin Echols
CB
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Verone McKinley III
S
Players traded away
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Pat Surtain II
CB
Draft Grade — Broncos
Overall D
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureA-
The Broncos finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a D.

Somebody took the Broncos to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it. The process wobbled, and the D is where it lands.

Everything downstream of Jayden Daniels depends on Jayden Daniels, and the building knows it. Every board in the league had Capehart lower, and that gap is the story.

The Foster pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.

The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In pick 6 they get the face of the franchise. A real need, handled.
Pick53 Rnd2 Kalen King
A slide stopped in the Round 2 slot, with Kalen King worth more than the price. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick76 Rnd3 Ruke Orhorhoro
A quiet steal in the 76th pick: Ruke Orhorhoro for less than the market said. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick111 Rnd4 Blake Fisher
Blake Fisher is a better player than the 111th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick113 Rnd4 Tyrice Knight
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tyrice Knight. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick121 Rnd4 Ainias Smith
A tidy little value on Ainias Smith in pick No. 121, a step better than break-even. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick149 Rnd5 Javon Foster
You do not let an offensive lineman like Javon Foster reach slot 149 and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick158 Rnd5 McCallan Castles
McCallan Castles at No. 158 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the tight end. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick185 Rnd6 Frank Gore Jr.
They read the board right and Frank Gore Jr. was the payoff at slot 185. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick220 Rnd6 Jordan Magee
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jordan Magee in No. 220, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick233 Rnd7 Zion Logue
They jumped the gun on Zion Logue, taking him earlier than his grade liked. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick240 Rnd7 Xavier Thomas
Xavier Thomas in pick No. 240 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick247 Rnd7 DeMonte Capehart
They reached into another round for DeMonte Capehart, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.