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Draft Selections
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (BAL)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (BAL)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (BAL)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BAL)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Jacob Parrish Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (BAL)
Jacob Parrish
CB Kansas State
Mitchell Evans Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (BAL)
Mitchell Evans
TE Notre Dame
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 5 (BAL)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (BAL)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (BAL)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Jalen Travis Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (BAL)
Jalen Travis
OT Iowa State
Barryn Sorrell Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (BAL)
Barryn Sorrell
LB-EDGE Texas
Draft Grade — Ravens
Overall C+
ValueC- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Flashes of a plan, unevenly run, for the Ravens: C+.

Nobody else had Oluwafemi Oladejo anywhere near pick No. 59. The Ravens did, by 177 spots, and that gap is the whole story.

The Williams steal is the beam this whole class leans on. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

They went 7 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Malaki Starks
They paid sticker price for Malaki Starks in slot 27, and that is fine. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick59 Rnd2 Oluwafemi Oladejo
Oluwafemi Oladejo at pick 59 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The roster fit checks out.
Pick91 Rnd3 Charles Grant
No drama and no debate, Charles Grant went about where he belonged in pick No. 91. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick128 Rnd4 Savion Williams
Savion Williams in the 128th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick136 Rnd4 Jacob Parrish
Nice patience on Jacob Parrish, who had no business lasting to No. 136. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick176 Rnd5 Mitchell Evans
Somehow Mitchell Evans was still sitting there in Round 5, Pick 37, and they pounced on premier tight end value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick178 Rnd5 DJ Giddens
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing DJ Giddens in the 178th pick. It fills a real need, too.
Pick185 Rnd6 Jack Kiser
They liked Jack Kiser enough to skip the value, taking him in the 185th overall pick. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick205 Rnd6 CJ West
CJ West in slot 205 is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick213 Rnd6 Jalen Travis
A big swing on Jalen Travis at pick 213, well ahead of any board in the building. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick245 Rnd7 Barryn Sorrell
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Barryn Sorrell. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.