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Draft Selections
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (LV)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (LV)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (LV)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (LV)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
Kyle McCord Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (LV)
Kyle McCord
QB Syracuse
Danny Stutsman Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (LV)
Danny Stutsman
LB Oklahoma
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (LV)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (LV)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Tim Smith Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (LV)
Tim Smith
DL Alabama
Elijhah Badger Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (LV)
Elijhah Badger
WR Florida
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Raiders a B-.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Raiders did exactly that with Kyle McCord in No. 106. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

The Higgins pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Will Campbell
In slot 8 they get a blindside protector. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick39 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
Omarion Hampton at Round 2, Pick 7 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick69 Rnd3 Charles Grant
Charles Grant in the 69th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick70 Rnd3 Jack Bech
Jack Bech in the Round 3 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick106 Rnd4 Kyle McCord
Kyle McCord at No. 106 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick146 Rnd5 Danny Stutsman
Circle this one: Danny Stutsman at pick 146 is a fall that decides a draft. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick183 Rnd6 Thor Griffith
A big swing on Thor Griffith at the Round 6 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick212 Rnd6 Jay Higgins
They robbed the room for Jay Higgins here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick216 Rnd6 Tim Smith
Tim Smith at No. 216 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It fills a real need, too.
Pick223 Rnd7 Elijhah Badger
Elijhah Badger at the 223rd pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.