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Draft Selections
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (WSH)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (WSH)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (WSH)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (WSH)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (WSH)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (WSH)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Rayuan Lane III Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (WSH)
Rayuan Lane III
S Navy
Draft Picks Received
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (KC)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (KC)
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Draft Picks Traded
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (KC)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Tyleik Williams Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (BUF)
Tyleik Williams
DT Ohio State
Players Gained
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Kingsley Suamataia
OT
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Commanders let Winston Jr. fall and pounced. Final grade: B+.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Kevin Winston Jr., pick 132, roughly 33 picks past where he belonged. Good, not great, and the B+ says as much.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. The Lane III reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Jalon Walker
In Round 1, Pick 31 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece at a price that makes it sweeter. More want than need.
Pick62 Rnd2 Maxwell Hairston
The board had cheaper options than Maxwell Hairston at the Round 2 slot, and it noticed. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick95 Rnd3 Savion Williams
They did well to land Savion Williams in pick 95, just ahead of his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick128 Rnd4 Cam Skattebo
The board fumbled Cam Skattebo all the way to the 128th pick, and they scooped it up. It fills a real need, too.
Pick132 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
They barely believed it either: Kevin Winston Jr. still on the board at the 132nd overall pick. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick205 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
You do not let a wide receiver like Dont'e Thornton Jr. reach slot 205 and blink. They did not. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick245 Rnd7 Rayuan Lane III
This one needs a full-page explanation: Rayuan Lane III in No. 245, miles early. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.