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Draft Selections
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (WSH)
Landon Jackson
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (WSH)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Quincy Riley Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (WSH)
Quincy Riley
CB Louisville
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (WSH)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Woody Marks Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (WSH)
Woody Marks
RB USC
Tommy Akingbesote Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (WSH)
Tommy Akingbesote
DT Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Landon Jackson
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Quincy Riley Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (BUF)
Quincy Riley
CB Louisville
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (BUF)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Shavon Revel Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (BUF)
Shavon Revel Jr.
CB East Carolina
Players Gained
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Jack Conklin
OT
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Tylan Grable
OT
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB
The Commanders fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B+.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Commanders spent slot 250 on Tommy Akingbesote, a name most had 63 spots down the list. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.

They banked enough surplus on Marks to cover a lot of smaller sins. The phones were where this weekend was really won.

A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick33 Rnd2 Landon Jackson
Nothing to complain about; Landon Jackson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The roster fit checks out.
Pick61 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
They reached into another round for Donovan Jackson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick79 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
A reach for Ozzy Trapilo in pick 79; a little patience would have been rewarded. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick171 Rnd5 Quincy Riley
Quincy Riley at pick No. 171 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick207 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in Round 6, Pick 29 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick238 Rnd7 Woody Marks
Taking Woody Marks in the Round 7 slot is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick250 Rnd7 Tommy Akingbesote
They left a pile of value on the table to take Tommy Akingbesote this early at the Round 7 slot. A need, and now a little less of one.