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mark'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JUL 18, 2025

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  • mark DRAFTING FOR THE
    Raiders
Draft Selections
Caleb Downs Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (LV)
Caleb Downs
S Ohio State
Anthony Hill Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (LV)
Anthony Hill Jr.
LB Texas
Aaron Graves Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (LV)
Aaron Graves
DL Iowa
Malachi Fields Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (LV)
Malachi Fields
WR Notre Dame
Fernando Mendoza Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (LV)
Fernando Mendoza
QB Indiana
Jermaine Mathews Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (LV)
Jermaine Mathews Jr.
CB Ohio State
Quinten Joyner Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (LV)
Quinten Joyner
RB Texas Tech
Brett Norfleet Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (LV)
Brett Norfleet
TE Missouri
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B-
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Raiders let Mendoza fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Fernando Mendoza, pick 135, roughly 35 picks past where he belonged. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. They will need Graves to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Caleb Downs
In the 7th overall pick they get a downhill hitter at safety. More want than need.
Pick39 Rnd2 Anthony Hill Jr.
Circle this one: Anthony Hill Jr. at No. 39 is a fall that decides a draft. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick71 Rnd3 Aaron Graves
Aaron Graves at the 71st pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick107 Rnd4 Malachi Fields
You do not let a wide receiver like Malachi Fields reach the Round 4 slot and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick135 Rnd4 Fernando Mendoza
Fernando Mendoza at Round 4, Pick 33 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick146 Rnd5 Jermaine Mathews Jr.
Jermaine Mathews Jr. in pick No. 146 is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick185 Rnd6 Quinten Joyner
They let Quinten Joyner come to them and pounced at pick 185. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick220 Rnd7 Brett Norfleet
Value with a capital V on Brett Norfleet in slot 220, a genuine coup. It fills a real need, too.