{"id":874110,"date":"2026-04-25T04:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T04:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/874110\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T04:49:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T04:49:00","slug":"new-england-patriots-draft-picks-grades-for-selections-in-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/874110\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Patriots draft picks, grades for selections in NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New England Patriots<\/a> enter the 2026 NFL Draft<\/a> amid attention surrounding Mike Vrabel’s off-field behavior.<\/p>\n

ESPN reported on April 22 that Vrabel would miss Day 3 of the draft to seek counseling and spend time with his family after photos surfaced of Vrabel and NFL reporter Dianna Russini<\/a> embracing on the rooftop of an adults-only resort in Arizona<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n

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The Patriots have 11 picks this weekend entering the first round, making for a busy weekend.<\/p>\n

Here’s the Patriots’ picks, selections and grades for the NFL Draft.<\/p>\n

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New England Patriots NFL Draft picks1st round, No. 28 overall (from Buffalo via Houston<\/a>) | Caleb Lomu, OT, Utah<\/p>\n

Analysis: An odd pick for a Mike Vrabel team, but Lomu’s best football is ahead of him. He’s a two-year starter who is not the smoothest athlete or technician. He also isn’t the most physical lineman.<\/p>\n

2nd round, No. 63 overall |3rd round, No. 95 overall |4th round, No. 125 overall (from Chicago<\/a> via Kansas City<\/a>) |4th round, No. 131 overall |5th round, No. 171 overall |6th round, No. 191 overall (from Kansas City) |6th round, No. 198 overall (from Minnesota<\/a> via Houston, Minnesota and San Francisco<\/a>) |6th round, No. 202 overall (from Pittsburgh<\/a>) |6th round, No. 212 overall |7th round, No. 247 overall |New England Patriots NFL draft history, picks, grades<\/p>\n

2019<\/a> | 2020<\/a> | 2021<\/a> | 2022<\/a> | 2023<\/a> | 2024<\/a> | 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

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NFL Draft picks, grades team-by-team <\/p>\n

AFC<\/p>\n

AFC East: Bills | Dolphins<\/a> | Patriots<\/a> | Jets<\/a><\/p>\n

AFC South: Texans<\/a> | Colts<\/a> | Jaguars<\/a> | Titans<\/a><\/p>\n

AFC North: Ravens<\/a> | Bengals<\/a> | Browns<\/a> | Steelers<\/a><\/p>\n

AFC West: Broncos<\/a> | Chiefs<\/a> | Raiders<\/a> | Chargers<\/a><\/p>\n

NFC<\/p>\n

NFC East: Cowboys<\/a> | Giants<\/a> | Eagles<\/a> | Commanders<\/a><\/p>\n

NFC South: Falcons | Panthers<\/a> | Saints<\/a> | Buccaneers<\/a><\/p>\n

NFC North: Bears<\/a> | Lions<\/a> | Packers<\/a> | Vikings<\/a><\/p>\n

NFC West: Cardinals<\/a> | Rams<\/a> | 49ers | Seahawks<\/a><\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: New England Patriots draft picks, grades for selections in NFL Draft<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New England Patriots enter the 2026 NFL Draft amid attention surrounding Mike Vrabel’s off-field behavior. ESPN reported…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2050],"tags":[4955,375,228,232,241,692,346,2005,427,7,221,213,226,118,838,233,1167,249,2326,2094,6,15,428,236,208,520,525,169,1161,238,426,222],"class_list":{"0":"post-874110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-bengals","11":"tag-broncos","12":"tag-chargers","13":"tag-chicago","14":"tag-chiefs","15":"tag-colts","16":"tag-commanders","17":"tag-football","18":"tag-houston","19":"tag-jaguars","20":"tag-jets","21":"tag-kansas-city","22":"tag-mike-vrabel","23":"tag-minnesota","24":"tag-new-england","25":"tag-new-england-patriots","26":"tag-newengland","27":"tag-newenglandpatriots","28":"tag-nfl","29":"tag-nfl-draft","30":"tag-packers","31":"tag-panthers","32":"tag-patriots","33":"tag-pittsburgh","34":"tag-raiders","35":"tag-ravens","36":"tag-san-francisco","37":"tag-seahawks","38":"tag-steelers","39":"tag-texans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116463544777321544","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}