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Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (NO)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NO)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NO)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NO)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (NO)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (NO)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Kyren Lacy Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (NO)
Kyren Lacy
WR LSU
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (NO)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Draft Picks Received
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (GB)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (IND)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (GB)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Kyren Lacy Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (IND)
Kyren Lacy
WR LSU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (GB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (GB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (IND)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Draft Grade — Saints
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB- TradesB FutureB+
Best value of the weekend goes to the Saints for Paul Jr.: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let Chris Paul Jr. slide, and the Saints were the ones holding the card at the 129th pick. Highway robbery.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. With edge rusher, cornerback and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on linebacker is the choice that costs them. Every board in the league had Lacy lower, and that gap is the story.

They left with offensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In the 23rd pick they get a load in the middle. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick40 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
They barely believed it either: Malaki Starks still on the board at pick 40. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick45 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
Tyler Warren in slot 45 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick71 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge at pick No. 71 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick87 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
TreVeyon Henderson in Round 3, Pick 23 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick93 Rnd3 Demetrius Knight Jr.
Steal is underselling it; Demetrius Knight Jr. at the Round 3 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick110 Rnd4 Jared Wilson
No drama and no debate, Jared Wilson went about where he belonged in the 110th overall pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick115 Rnd4 Kyren Lacy
A conviction pick on Kyren Lacy at No. 115 that the board grades a round light. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick129 Rnd4 Chris Paul Jr.
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Chris Paul Jr. adds a linebacker and leaves edge rusher, cornerback and other spots untouched.