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Raiders Draft 3

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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LV)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (LV)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (LV)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (LV)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Jeffrey Bassa Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (LV)
Jeffrey Bassa
LB Oregon
Elic Ayomanor Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (LV)
Elic Ayomanor
WR Stanford
Miles Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (LV)
Miles Frazier
OG LSU
Nick Nash Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (LV)
Nick Nash
WR San Jose State
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Raiders let Ayomanor fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Elic Ayomanor, the 212th pick, roughly 116 picks past where he belonged. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

If Rourke pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In pick No. 6 they get an island corner at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick37 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
Omarion Hampton at the Round 2 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick68 Rnd3 Kurtis Rourke
Kurtis Rourke in slot 68 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick73 Rnd3 Jalon Walker
Jalon Walker in Round 3, Pick 9 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick107 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
A quiet steal in the 107th overall pick: Kevin Winston Jr. for less than the market said. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick142 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They talked themselves into Dont'e Thornton Jr. at pick 142, and the board did not agree. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick179 Rnd6 Jeffrey Bassa
Jeffrey Bassa at No. 179 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick212 Rnd6 Elic Ayomanor
You do not let a wide receiver like Elic Ayomanor reach the 212th pick and blink. They did not. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick216 Rnd6 Miles Frazier
They let Miles Frazier come to them and pounced at slot 216. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick222 Rnd7 Nick Nash
A real head-scratcher, Nick Nash in No. 222 is miles ahead of his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.