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Draft Selections
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (WSH)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 96 RND: 3 (WSH)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (WSH)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (WSH)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (WSH)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (WSH)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Lander Barton Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (WSH)
Lander Barton
LB Utah
Aubrey Burks Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (WSH)
Aubrey Burks
S West Virginia
Draft Picks Received
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 96 RND: 3 (KC)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (KC)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (HOU)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (KC)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (HOU)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Commanders for Barton: B.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Commanders were there to profit. Lander Barton, the No. 137 name on the board, should have been long gone before No. 236. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

They will need Thornton Jr. to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. A whole weekend of picks and cornerback is somehow still a want. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but cornerback.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Malaki Starks
In No. 29 they get a two-high chess piece, and a steal at that.
Pick61 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
Jihaad Campbell in pick 61 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick96 Rnd3 Dylan Sampson
They will replay Dylan Sampson at the 96th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. The roster fit checks out.
Pick126 Rnd4 Dylan Fairchild
A offensive lineman of that caliber at pick No. 126 is the definition of value, full stop. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick132 Rnd4 Jared Wilson
Jared Wilson at the 132nd pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick146 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Dont'e Thornton Jr. this early at Round 5, Pick 9. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick203 Rnd6 Oronde Gadsden II
A top-tier tight end at a bargain, Oronde Gadsden II in the Round 6 slot, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick236 Rnd7 Lander Barton
They robbed the room for Lander Barton here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick247 Rnd7 Aubrey Burks
They paid a round early for Aubrey Burks in slot 247, more than the board wanted. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.