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Draft Selections
Shedeur Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (CLE)
Shedeur Sanders
QB Colorado
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CLE)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (CLE)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CLE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (CLE)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CLE)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (CLE)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (CLE)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (CLE)
Jalon Walker
LB-EDGE Georgia
Josaiah Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (CLE)
Josaiah Stewart
DE-EDGE Michigan
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (CLE)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (CLE)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Ashton Gillotte Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (CLE)
Ashton Gillotte
DL-EDGE Louisville
Garrett Nussmeier Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (CLE)
Garrett Nussmeier
QB LSU
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 7 (CLE)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 7 (CLE)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Draft Picks Received
Shedeur Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Shedeur Sanders
QB Colorado
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (CAR)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Josaiah Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Josaiah Stewart
DE-EDGE Michigan
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (CAR)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CAR)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Players Gained
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Breece Hall
RB
Players traded away
Head Shot
Amari Cooper
WR
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Deshaun Watson
QB
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Jedrick Wills Jr.
OT
Head Shot
Nick Chubb
RB
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall D+
ValueA NeedB+ TradesF FutureA
The Browns answered their biggest question with Sanders. Grade: D+.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Xavier Restrepo got past him. The Browns do not have to explain a thing at the 215th overall pick. Put together, it is a D+.

Shedeur Sanders gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong.

That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, tight end very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Shedeur Sanders
In pick No. 4 they get a franchise quarterback. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick8 Rnd1 Kelvin Banks Jr.
In Round 1, Pick 8 they get a plug-and-play piece up front at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick35 Rnd2 Ashton Jeanty
A running back of that caliber at pick No. 35 is the definition of value, full stop. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick39 Rnd2 Travis Hunter
They will replay Travis Hunter at Round 2, Pick 7 for years; that is how good the value is. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick45 Rnd2 Tre Harris
Circle this one: Tre Harris at pick 45 is a fall that decides a draft. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick65 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
Taking Tate Ratledge in the 65th pick is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. The roster fit checks out.
Pick70 Rnd3 Walter Nolen
Walter Nolen at the 70th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick91 Rnd3 Emery Jones Jr.
They barely believed it either: Emery Jones Jr. still on the board at slot 91. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick106 Rnd4 Jalon Walker
Jalon Walker at the Round 4 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick109 Rnd4 Josaiah Stewart
The board fumbled Josaiah Stewart all the way to No. 109, and they scooped it up. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick139 Rnd5 Dylan Fairchild
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Dylan Fairchild in Round 5, Pick 1, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick179 Rnd6 Jahdae Barron
Steal is underselling it; Jahdae Barron at the Round 6 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick186 Rnd6 Ashton Gillotte
Somehow Ashton Gillotte was still sitting there in No. 186, and they pounced on premier edge rusher value. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick201 Rnd6 Garrett Nussmeier
Garrett Nussmeier in the 201st pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick215 Rnd7 Xavier Restrepo
You do not let a wide receiver like Xavier Restrepo reach slot 215 and blink. They did not. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick216 Rnd7 Deontae Lawson
They robbed the room for Deontae Lawson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A minor itch, scratched.