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Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (BAL)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Kyle Kennard Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (BAL)
Kyle Kennard
DE-EDGE South Carolina
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (BAL)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (BAL)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (BAL)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (BAL)
Connor Colby
OG Iowa
DJ Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (BAL)
DJ Campbell
OG Texas
Seth McLaughlin Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (BAL)
Seth McLaughlin
C Ohio State
Anthony Belton Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (BAL)
Anthony Belton
OT NC State
Akheem Mesidor Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (BAL)
Akheem Mesidor
DL-EDGE Miami
Nick Nash Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (BAL)
Nick Nash
WR San Jose State
Draft Picks Received
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (DET)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (DET)
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Draft Picks Traded
Xavier Scott Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (DET)
Xavier Scott
CB Illinois
Draft Grade — Ravens
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Ravens.

Nobody else had Akheem Mesidor anywhere near the 211th overall pick. The Ravens did, by 119 spots, and that gap is the whole story. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

They banked enough surplus on Winston Jr. to cover a lot of smaller sins. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In the 27th pick they get a disruptive interior force. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick58 Rnd2 Kyle Kennard
Value said wait; Kyle Kennard in pick No. 58 says they were not listening. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick91 Rnd3 Maxwell Hairston
Maxwell Hairston in the Round 3 slot is fair value, right on his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick131 Rnd4 Nicholas Singleton
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Nicholas Singleton in slot 131, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick135 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
They robbed the room for Kevin Winston Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick174 Rnd5 Connor Colby
Connor Colby at the 174th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick175 Rnd5 DJ Campbell
DJ Campbell at pick No. 175 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick182 Rnd6 Seth McLaughlin
A real head-scratcher, Seth McLaughlin in slot 182 is miles ahead of his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick201 Rnd6 Anthony Belton
Anthony Belton at the 201st overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick211 Rnd6 Akheem Mesidor
A wild overpay on Akheem Mesidor in No. 211, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick243 Rnd7 Nick Nash
No drama and no debate, Nick Nash went about where he belonged in the 243rd pick. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.