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Draft Selections
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (NE)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Mike Green Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Mike Green
DE-EDGE Marshall
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NE)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (NE)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (NE)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (NE)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Willie Lampkin Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (NE)
Willie Lampkin
OG North Carolina
Isaac TeSlaa Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Isaac TeSlaa
WR Arkansas
Alijah Huzzie Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (NE)
Alijah Huzzie
CB North Carolina
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Draft Picks Received
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CAR)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (IND)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (LAR)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (CIN)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (GB)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Willie Lampkin Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
Willie Lampkin
OG North Carolina
Alijah Huzzie Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (IND)
Alijah Huzzie
CB North Carolina
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (IND)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (IND)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Shemar James Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NO)
Shemar James
LB Florida
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Players Gained
Head Shot
Josh Downs
WR
Players traded away
Head Shot
Cole Strange
OG
Head Shot
Jahlani Tavai
LB
Head Shot
Joe Milton III
QB
Head Shot
Kendrick Bourne
WR
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall C-
ValueB- NeedB TradesF FutureC+
The Patriots won the night they stopped Edwards from sliding. Grade: C-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Donovan Edwards, Round 7, Pick 22, roughly 34 picks past where he belonged. The final tally is a middling C-.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want.

The cost of the Rourke reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The Josh Downs pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

If Kelvin Banks Jr. and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Kelvin Banks Jr.
In pick 8 they get a cornerstone up front. A real need, handled.
Pick38 Rnd2 Mike Green
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Mike Green in slot 38. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick45 Rnd2 Jayden Higgins
A premium they did not need to pay, Jayden Higgins a notch or two before his time. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick69 Rnd3 Alfred Collins
They read the board right and Alfred Collins was the payoff at pick No. 69. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick77 Rnd3 Darien Porter
They took Darien Porter at par in Round 3, Pick 13, which is nothing to complain about. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick90 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
Ozzy Trapilo in the 90th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick106 Rnd4 Cam Skattebo
They paid sticker price for Cam Skattebo in the 106th pick, and that is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick119 Rnd4 Cody Simon
They went early on Cody Simon in the Round 4 slot, and the value did not follow. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick124 Rnd4 Kurtis Rourke
Kurtis Rourke in pick 124 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick144 Rnd5 Malachi Moore
Malachi Moore at the Round 5 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick171 Rnd5 Willie Lampkin
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Willie Lampkin. It fills a real need, too.
Pick220 Rnd7 Isaac TeSlaa
They liked Isaac TeSlaa enough to skip the value, taking him in the 220th pick. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick232 Rnd7 Alijah Huzzie
Alijah Huzzie is a better player than Round 7, Pick 16 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick238 Rnd7 Donovan Edwards
They robbed the room for Donovan Edwards here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.