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Draft Selections
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (WSH)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Ashton Gillotte Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Ashton Gillotte
DE-EDGE Louisville
Jacob Parrish Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (WSH)
Jacob Parrish
CB Kansas State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (WSH)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Caleb Ransaw Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (WSH)
Caleb Ransaw
S Tulane
Caleb Rogers Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (WSH)
Caleb Rogers
OT Texas Tech
Marcus Yarns Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (WSH)
Marcus Yarns
RB Delaware
Draft Picks Received
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (DAL)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Caleb Ransaw Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (DAL)
Caleb Ransaw
S Tulane
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (DAL)
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Draft Picks Traded
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DAL)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesC FutureB
The Commanders checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Commanders started one anyway for Dont'e Thornton Jr., 36 picks ahead of schedule. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end. That Campbell pick is the receipt they will wave around later. The trades cost them a sliver of value they did not need to spend.

On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

Good work on the whole, with tight end the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick44 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
Jihaad Campbell at pick No. 44 is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick61 Rnd2 Ashton Gillotte
This one needs a full-page explanation: Ashton Gillotte in slot 61, miles early. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick128 Rnd4 Jacob Parrish
Good price on Jacob Parrish in No. 128, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick149 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
A real head-scratcher, Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the Round 5 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick204 Rnd6 Caleb Ransaw
Caleb Ransaw at pick 204 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick205 Rnd6 Caleb Rogers
No drama and no debate, Caleb Rogers went about where he belonged in the 205th overall pick. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick245 Rnd7 Marcus Yarns
A wild overpay on Marcus Yarns in the 245th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It fills a real need, too.