March 18, 2026, 12:49 p.m. PT
A penchant for trading away first-round picks hasn’t prevented the Los Angeles Rams from stocking up on rookies and young players. In fact, they often have some of the largest draft classes in the NFL each year, topping out at 14 players in 2023 – one shy of an all-time record.
This offseason alone, they’ve traded away three picks in the 2026 draft and one in 2027, using those selections to acquire Trent McDuffie. As a result, they went from having a ton of draft capital to having, well, not as much.
Warren Sharp tried to quantify how much draft capital each team has this year by using a formula that combines average performance delivered and average dollars earned on a player’s second contract.
The result puts the Rams 25th in total draft capital this year with a Sharp Draft Value score of 47.
The Rams have seven picks in this year’s draft, including three in the top 100. The problem is, after No. 93 overall, they don’t have another selection until 207. Of their seven picks, four are in the sixth or seventh rounds, including two compensatory picks near the end of the seventh.
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It’s always possible Les Snead will move around the board and acquire additional selections by trading down, but they’ll also want to add a blue-chip talent at the top of the draft, so moving back isn’t a certainty.
Either way, the Rams will try to maximize the picks they have and keep building a Super Bowl-caliber roster.
