2015 NFL Draft Results: Rounds 1-3 Grades, Updated Selection Order, Storylines

With three rounds of the 2015 NFL draft in the books, teams are beginning to piece together their overall draft classes—for better or worse.

While a majority of clubs around the league look to have filled huge areas of need with high-potential players, the same can't be said of other teams that ignored crucial positions and reached on prospects. Years may pass before we truly know who won and lost on some of these picks, but it's been a mixed bag of reactions on many picks thus far.

Day 3 and the final four rounds of the draft are nearing, so let's go ahead and break down grades for every single pick in Rounds 1-3 below.

Rounds 1-3 Grades

Pick	Team	Selection	Grade
2nd Round	Team	Selection	Grade
3rd Round	Team	Selection	Grade
1	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Jameis Winston, QB, FSU	A
2	Tennessee Titans	Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon	B+
3	Jacksonville Jaguars	Dante Fowler Jr., DE, Florida	A-
4	Oakland Raiders	Amari Cooper, WR, Alabama	A
5	Washington Redskins	Brandon Scherff, G, Iowa	B
6	New York Jets	Leonard Williams, DE, USC	B+
7	Chicago Bears	Kevin White, WR, West Virginia	A-
8	Atlanta Falcons	Vic Beasley, OLB, Clemson	B+
9	New York Giants	Ereck Flowers, G, Miami	B-
10	St. Louis Rams	Todd Gurley, RB, Georgia	B+
11	Minnesota Vikings	Trae Waynes, CB, Michigan State	A-
12	Cleveland Browns	Danny Shelton, DT, Washington	A-
13	New Orleans Saints	Andrus Peat, OT, Stanford	B
14	Miami Dolphins	DeVante Parker, WR, Louisville	A
15	San Diego Chargers (via SF)	Melvin Gordon, RB, Wisconsin	A-
16	Houston Texans	Kevin Johnson, CB, Wake Forest	B+
17	San Francisco 49ers (via SD)	Arik Armstead, DT, Oregon	B+
18	Kansas City Chiefs	Marcus Peters, CB, Washington	B
19	Cleveland Browns	Cameron Erving, C, FSU	B-
20	Philadelphia Eagles	Nelson Agholor, WR, USC	A-
21	Cincinnati Bengals	Cedric Ogbuehi, OT, Texas A&M	C+
22	Pittsburgh Steelers	Bud Dupree, OLB, Kentucky	A
23	Denver Broncos	Shane Ray, DE, Missouri	A-
24	Arizona Cardinals	D.J. Humphries, OT, Florida	B
25	Carolina Panthers	Shaq Thompson, OLB, Washington	B+
26	Baltimore Ravens	Breshad Perriman, WR, UCF	B-
27	Dallas Cowboys	Byron Jones, CB, Connecticut	A-
28	Detroit Lions	Laken Tomlinson, OG, Duke	B
29	Indianapolis Colts	Phillip Dorsett, WR, Miami	B-
30	Green Bay Packers	Damarious Randall, FS, Arizona State	B-
31	New Orleans Saints	Stephone Anthony, ILB, Clemson	B-
32	New England Patriots	Malcom Brown, DT, Texas	A-
1 (33)	New York Giants (from TEN)	S Landon Collins, Alabama	A-
2 (34)	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	OT Donovan Smith, Penn State	B
3 (35)	Oakland Raiders	DT Mario Edwards Jr., FSU	B+
4 (36)	Jacksonville Jaguars	RB T.J. Yeldon, Alabama	C+
5 (37)	New York Jets	WR Devin Smith, Ohio State	A-
6 (38)	Washington Redskins	DE Preston Smith, Miss. State	A-
7 (39)	Chicago Bears	DT Eddie Goldman, FSU	B
8 (40)	Tennessee Titans (from NYG)	WR Dorial Green-Beckham, Missouri	A
9 (41)	Carolina Panthers (from STL)	TE Devin Funchess, Michigan	C+
10 (42)	Atlanta Falcons	CB Jalen Collins, LSU	A
11 (43)	Houston Texans (from CLE)	ILB Benardrick McKinney, Miss. State	A-
12 (44)	New Orleans Saints	OLB Hau-oli Kikaha, Washington	B
13 (45)	Minnesota Vikings	ILB Eric Kendricks, UCLA	B-
14 (46)	San Francisco 49ers	SS Jaquiski Tartt, Samford	A-
15 (47)	Philadelphia Eagles (from MIA)	CB Eric Rowe, Utah	B+
16 (48)	San Diego Chargers	ILB Denzel Perryman, Miami	B-
17 (49)	Kansas City Chiefs	OG Mitch Morse, Missouri	C
18 (50)	Buffalo Bills	CB Ronald Darby, FSU	A-
19 (51)	Cleveland Browns (from HOU)	DE Nate Orchard, Utah	B-
20 (52)	Miami Dolphins (from PHI)	DT Jordan Phillips, Oklahoma	B+
21 (53)	Cincinnati Bengals	OT Jake Fisher, Oregon	B+
22 (54)	Detroit Lions	RB Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska	A-
23 (55)	Baltimore Ravens (from ARI)	TE Maxx Williams, Minnesota	B
24 (56)	Pittsburgh Steelers	CB Senquez Golson, Ole Miss	B-
25 (57)	Carolina Panthers	OT Rob Havenstein, Wisconsin	B
26 (58)	Arizona Cardinals (from BAL)	DE Markus Golden, Missouri	C+
27 (59)	Denver Broncos	OT Ty Sambrailo, Colorado State	B
28 (60)	Dallas Cowboys	OLB Randy Gregory, Nebraska	A-
29 (61)	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (from IND)	C Ali Marpet, Hobart & William Smith	B-
30 (62)	Green Bay Packers	CB Quinten Rollins, Miami (Ohio)	B-
31 (63)	Seattle Seahawks	DE Frank Clark, Michigan	C+
32 (64)	New England Patriots	SS Jordan Richards, Stanford	B-
1 (65)	Indianapolis Colts (from TB)	CB D'Joun Smith, Florida Atlantic	B+
2 (66)	Tennessee Titans	OT Jeremiah Poutasi, Utah	B-
3 (67)	Jacksonville Jaguars	OG A.J. Cann, South Carolina	B+
4 (68)	Oakland Raiders	TE Clive Walford, Miami	B
5 (69)	Seattle Seahawks (from WSH)	WR Tyler Lockett, Kansas State	C+
6 (70)	Houston Texans (from NYJ)	WR Jaelen Strong, Arizona State	A+
7 (71)	Chicago Bears	C Hroniss Grasu, Oregon	B
8 (72)	St. Louis Rams	OT Jamon Brown, Louisville	B+
9 (73)	Atlanta Falcons	RB Tevin Coleman, Indiana	A-
10 (74)	New York Giants	DE Owamagbe Odighizuwa, UCLA	B
11 (75)	New Orleans Saints	QB Garrett Grayson, Colorado State	B+
12 (76)	Kansas City Chiefs (from MIN)	WR Chris Conley, Georgia	B
13 (77)	Cleveland Browns	RB Duke Johnson, Miami	B+
14 (78)	New Orleans Saints (from MIA)	CB P.J. Williams, FSU	A-
15 (79)	San Francisco 49ers	OLB Eli Harold, Virginia	A
16 (80)	Detroit Lions (from MIN)	CB Alex Carter, Stanford	A-
17 (81)	Buffalo Bills	OG John Miller, Louisville	B
18 (82)	New York Jets (from HOU)	OLB Lorenzo Mauldin, Louisville	B+
19 (83)	San Diego Chargers	CB Craig Mager, Texas State	B+
20 (84)	Philadelphia Eagles	OLB Jordan Hicks, Texas	B
21 (85)	Cincinnati Bengals	TE Tyler Kroft, Rutgers	C+
22 (86)	Arizona Cardinals	RB David Johnson, Northern Iowa	B-
23 (87)	Pittsburgh Steelers	WR Sammie Coates, Auburn	B
24 (88)	Minnesota Vikings (from DET)	DE Danielle Hunter, LSU	B+
25 (89)	St. Louis Rams (from CAR)	QB Sean Mannion, Oregon State	B+
26 (90)	Baltimore Ravens	DT Carl Davis, Iowa	B
27 (91)	Dallas Cowboys	OT Chaz Green, Florida	B+
28 (92)	Denver Broncos	TE Jeff Heuerman, Ohio State	B-
29 (93)	Indianapolis Colts	DE Henry Anderson, Stanford	C+
30 (94)	Green Bay Packers	WR Ty Montgomery, Stanford	A-
31 (95)	Washington Redskins (from SEA)	RB Matt Jones, Florida	B
32 (96)	Cleveland Browns (from NE)	DT Xavier Cooper, Washington State	B
33 (97)	New England Patriots*	DE Geneo Grissom, Oklahoma	C+
34 (98)	Kansas City Chiefs*	CB Steven Nelson, Oregon State	B
35 (99)	Cincinnati Bengals	ILB Paul Dawson, TCU	B

Storylines

This Will Take Some Getting Used To, Jets and Raiders

Stop the presses: The New York Jets and Oakland Raiders are on the cusp of completing two of the better drafts among the entire league. 

It's safe to say that neither team has been well-regarded for its draft prowess in, oh, the last decade or two. That has translated into becoming regulars atop Round 1, but 2015 was a strong move in the right direction for each team.

The New York Jets—already boisterous up front on defense—added perhaps the best defensive player in the draft in Leonard Williams. Even bigger than that was addressing a chief position of need in Round 2, as they nabbed wide receiver Devin Smith from Ohio State early on Day 2.

New head coach Todd Bowles got even more punch for his defense later Friday with Lorenzo Mauldin, who will be a menace off the edge. And in the process, they stockpiled a few extra picks and even another new receiver, as The Big Lead's Jason McIntyre noted:

"

To slide down 12 picks, the Jets got a 5th, a 7th & former OSU WR DeVier Posey? Seriously? All that? Unbelievable offseason for the Jets

— Jason McIntyre (@jasonrmcintyre) May 2, 2015"

As for the Raiders, they also beefed the skill positions—but in a much more convincing way.

Oakland nabbed Alabama receiver Amari Cooper with the fourth overall pick, making him the de facto franchise wideout for emerging quarterback Derek Carr. While that need jumped off the page, the Raiders did well to address other huge necessities like Mario Edwards Jr.—a first-round talent—at No. 35 overall. 

After wrapping up their first two days with one of the top tight ends in Clive Walford, they had began putting together an outstanding draft class, as ESPN's Mike Greenberg noted:

It will take more than just one strong draft to turn around the tide in Oakland and New York, but it's impossible to deny that both franchises have helped themselves considerably thus far in Chicago.

Day 2 Run on Quarterbacks—Sort of

The first two picks of the 2015 draft were big on quarterbacks, as Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota know. But after that, quarterback prospects on that next tier had to wait quite a while before hearing their names called.

The wait finally ended with the 75th overall pick in the third round, when the New Orleans Saints grabbed Garrett Grayson out of Colorado State to be the long-term Drew Brees replacement. Not only did it snap a quarterback drought in this draft, but it ended a Saints drought four decades in the making, as ESPN's Adam Schefter noted:

Grayson put up ridiculous numbers at Colorado State, but also has the prototypical arm strength and a heady pocket presence that has NFL scouts believing he could develop into a starter. That's certainly what the Saints are hoping for years into the future, otherwise this high of a selection seems unnecessary.

Sean Mannion didn't have to wait long after that to join the party, being selected No. 89 overall by the St. Louis Rams before Day 2 wrapped up. He joins a loaded stable of quarterbacks in St. Louis that features Nick Foles and Case Keenum—both acquired this offseason.

Mannion won't have a future Hall of Fame quarterback (no disrespect, Foles) in front of him like Grayson, but the need for development is perhaps even larger with accuracy and pocket issues. With that said, Mannion's arm talent speaks for itself and earned him a high draft selection.