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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (CHI)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CHI)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (CHI)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Elic Ayomanor Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CHI)
Elic Ayomanor
WR Stanford
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (CHI)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (CHI)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Elijah Arroyo Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CHI)
Elijah Arroyo
TE Miami
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (CHI)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Elic Ayomanor Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CIN)
Elic Ayomanor
WR Stanford
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (HOU)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (HOU)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (CIN)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CAR)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (HOU)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CIN)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Karene Reid Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (CAR)
Karene Reid
LB Utah
Draft Grade — Bears
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesD FutureA
The Bears let Sampson fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Dylan Sampson got past him. The Bears do not have to explain a thing at the 126th overall pick. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The trades cost them a sliver of value they did not need to spend.

They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The hoard sets up next April more than it helps this September.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In the Round 1 slot they get a load in the middle. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick39 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
They took Tyler Booker at par in Round 2, Pick 7, which is nothing to complain about. The roster fit checks out.
Pick49 Rnd2 JT Tuimoloau
They paid sticker price for JT Tuimoloau in the 49th overall pick, and that is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick72 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts at pick 72 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jake Majors
Jake Majors in the 89th pick is fair value, right on his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick117 Rnd4 Elic Ayomanor
They will replay Elic Ayomanor at No. 117 for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick126 Rnd4 Dylan Sampson
Dylan Sampson in pick No. 126 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick147 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
You do not let a linebacker like Smael Mondon Jr. reach slot 147 and blink. They did not. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick193 Rnd6 Elijah Arroyo
Elijah Arroyo slipping to pick No. 193 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick233 Rnd7 Jack Kiser
Taking Jack Kiser in slot 233 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. It fills a real need, too.