NFL Draft: Sam’s Round 2–3 Grades
Round 2 was an overall normal round of an NFL Draft. We saw several receivers get picked up and then the CB and Safety positions picked up in popularity.
Several notable picks along with position grabs occured last night and I am still scratching my head over them. 8 Tight Ends on Day 2 is just wild to me.
Several of my favorite picks are still lingering around and will be snatched up on Day 3’s Draft adventures.
Rather than getting too deep into every single pick, (since there are SO many) we’re going to stick with a rapid fire grading approach and then give an overall team grade to all 32 at the end of the entire draft.
ROUND 2
- San Francisco 49ers: De’zhaun Stribling — WR, Ole Miss
Grade: B - Arizona Cardinals: Chase Bisontis — Guard, Texas A&M
Grade: B - Buffalo Bills: T. J. Parker — EDGE, Clemson
Grade: A - Houston Texans: Kayden McDonald — Ohio State, DT
Grade: B - New York Giants: Colton Hood — Tennessee, CB
Grade: A - Las Vegas Raiders: Treydan Stukes — Arizona, S
Grade: A - Cleveland Browns: Denzel Boston — Washington, WR.
Grade: A+ - Kansas City Chiefs: R Mason Thomas — Oklahoma, EDGE
Grade: B - Cincinnati Bengals: Cashius Howell — Texas A&M, EDGE
Grade: B - New Orleans Saints: Christian Miller — Georgia, DT
Grade: A - Miami Dolphins: Jacob Rodriguez — Texas Tech, LB
Grade: A+ - Detroit Lions: Derrick Moore — Michigan, EDGE
Grade: A+ - Baltimore Ravens: Zion Young — Missouri, EDGE
Grade: A+ - Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Josiah Trotter — Missouri, LB
Grade: A - Pittsburgh Steelers: Germie Bernard — Alabama, WR
Grade: B - Atlanta Falcons: Avieon Terrell — Clemson, CB
Grade: B - Carolina Panthers: Lee Hunter — Texas Tech, DT
Grade: C - New York Jets: D’Angelo Ponds — Indiana, CB
Grade: A - Minnesota Vikings: Jake Golday — Cincinnati,LB
Grade: B - Green Bay Packers: Brandon Cisse — South Carolina, CB
Grade: A - Indianapolis Colts: CJ Allen — Georgia, LB
Grade: A+ - Philadelphia Eagles: Eli Stowers — Vanderbilt, TE
Grade: A+ - New England Patriots: Gabe Jacas — Illinois, EDGE
Grade: B - Jacksonville Jaguars: Nate Boerkircher — Texas A&M, TE
Grade: C - Chicago Bears: Logan Jones — Iowa, C
Grade: A - Cleveland Browns: Emmanuel McNeil-Warren — S, Toledo
Grade: A++ - Houston Texans: Marlin Klein — Michigan, TE
Grade: C- - Tennessee Titans: Anthony Hill Jr. — Texas, LB
Grade: A - Los Angeles Rams: Max Klare — Ohio State, TE
Grade: C- - Buffalo Bills: Davison Igbinosun — Ohio State, CB
Grade: B - Los Angeles Chargers: Jake Slaughter — Florida, C
Grade: A+ - Philadelphia Eagles: Bud Clark — TCU, S
Grade: A++
ROUND 3
- Arizona Cardinals: Carson Beck — Miami, QB
Grade: C - Denver Broncos: Tyler Onyedim — Texas A&M, DT
Grade: B - Las Vegas Raiders: Keyron Crawford — Auburn, EDGE
Grade: B+ - Philadelphia Eagles: Markel Bell — Miami, OT
Grade: A - Chicago Bears: Sam Roush — Stanford, TE
Grade: C- - San Francisco 49ers: Romello Height — Texas Tech, EDGE
Grade: A++ - Washington Commanders: Antonio Williams — Clemson, WR
Grade: B - Cincinnati Bengals: Tacario Davis — Washington, CB
Grade: B+ - New Orleans Saints: Oscar Delp — Georgia, TE
Grade: B+ - New York Giants: Malachi Fields — Notre Dame, WR
Grade: B- - Miami Dolphins: Caleb Douglas — Texas Tech, WR
Grade: B- - Pittsburgh Steelers: Drew Allar — Penn State, QB
Grade: D - Green Bay Packers: Chris McClellan — Missouri, DT
Grade: C - Indianapolis Colts: A.J. Haulcy — LSU, S
Grade: B - Atlanta Falcons: Zachariah Branch — Georgia, WR
Grade: B+ - Baltimore Ravens: Ja’Kobi Lane — USC, WR
Grade: B+ - Jacksonville Jaguars: Albert Regis — Texas A&M, DT
Grade: B - Minnesota Vikings: Domonique Orange — Iowa State, DT
Grade: B - Carolina Panthers: Chris Brazzell II — Tennessee, WR
Grade: B+ - Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Ted Hurst — Georgia State, WR
Grade: A - Pittsburgh Steelers: Daylen Everette — Georgia, CB
Grade: A - Cleveland Browns: Austin Barber — Florida, OT
Grade: B - Miami Dolphins: Will Kacmarek — Ohio State, TE
Grade: C - Jacksonville Jaguars: Emmanuel Pregnon — Oregon, G
Grade: A++ - Chicago Bears: Zavion Thomas — LSU, WR
Grade: B- - San Francisco 49ers: Kaelon Black — Indiana, RB
Grade: C- - Las Vegas Raiders: Trey Zuhn III — Texas A&M, C
Grade: B+ - Dallas Cowboys: Jaishawn Barham — Michigan, EDGE
Grade: B - Los Angeles Rams: Keagen Trost — Missouri, OT
Grade: B - Miami Dolphins: Chris Bell — Louisville, WR
Grade: B+ - New England Patriots: Eli Raridon — Notre Dame, TE
Grade: C- - Pittsburgh Steelers: Gennings Dunker — Iowa, G
Grade: B+ - Minnesota Vikings: Caleb Tiernan — Northwestern, OT
Grade: B - Minnesota Vikings: Jakobe Thomas — Miami, S
Grade: B+ - Seattle Seahawks: Julian Neal — Arkansas, CB
Grade: B - Jacksonville Jaguars: Jalen Huskey — Maryland, S
Grade: B
Some notable picks remaining from my My Top Picks Per Position article include:
- WR
- Colbie Young
- Chase Roberts
OL
- Kage Casey
- Jager Burton
- Logan Taylor
- Jalen Farmer
- Beau Stephens
- Jaeden Roberts
LB
- Kyle Louis
- Harold Perkins Jr.
- Justin Jefferson
- Taurean York
DT/EDGE
- Dani Dennis-Sutton
- Zxavian Harris
CB
- Keionte Scott
- Chandler Rivers
- Ephesians Prysock
- Hezekiah Masses
- Domani Jackson
S
- Genesis Smith
- Bishop Fitzgerald
- Lorenzo Styles Jr.
TE
- Josh Cuevas
- Riley Nowakowski
RB
- Mike Washington Jr.
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