Every year, winning the NFL draft is about balancing need with value, filling the biggest holes on your roster without reaching for lesser prospects, and taking advantage when you have the chance to grab talented players later than expected.
Each of the league’s 32 teams landed at least one potential bargain in the 2022 NFL draft, and some of them even came at the game’s most important position, a rarity in today’s landscape.
While they still have their entire NFL careers ahead of them, based on how we valued the 2022 class, here are our picks for the biggest steal for every team in this year’s draft:
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EDGE Cameron Thomas
3rd Round, No. 87 overall
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QB Desmond Ridder
3rd Round, No. 74 overall
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S Kyle Hamilton
1st Round, No. 14 overall
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WR Khalil Shakir
5th Round, No. 148 overall
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QB Matt Corral
3rd Round, No. 94 overall
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EDGE Dominique Robinson
5th Round, No. 174 overall
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EDGE Jeffrey Gunter
7th Round, No. 252 overall
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DL Perrion Winfrey
4th Round, No. 108 overall
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DL John Ridgeway
5th Round, No. 178 overall
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EDGE Nik Bonitto
2nd Round, No. 64 overall
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S Kerby Joseph
3rd Round, No. 97 overall
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EDGE Kingsley Enagbare
5th Round, No. 179 overall
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LB Christian Harris
3rd Round, No. 75 overall
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TE Jelani Woods
3rd Round, No. 73 overall
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LB Devin Lloyd
1st Round, No. 27 overall
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OL Darian Kinnard
5th Round, No. 145 overall
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DL Matthew Butler
5th Round, No. 175 overall
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OL Jamaree Salyer
6th Round, No. 195 overall
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CB Derion Kendrick
6th Round, No. 212 overall
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LB Channing Tindall
3rd Round, No. 102 overall
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CB Andrew Booth Jr.
2nd Round, No. 42 overalls
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CB Marcus Jones
3rd Round, No. 85 overall
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LB D’Marco Jackson
5th Round, No. 161 overall
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LB Darrian Beavers
6th Round, No. 182 overall
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EDGE Jermaine Johnson II
1st Round, No. 26 overall
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LB Nakobe Dean
3rd Round, No. 83 overall
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W.R. George Pickens
2nd Round, No. 52 overall
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EDGE Drake Jackson
2nd Round, No. 61 overall
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CB Tariq Woolen
5th Round, No. 153 overall
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CB Zyon McCollum
5th Round, No. 157 overall
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QB Malik Willis
3rd Round, No. 86 overall
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QB Sam Howell
5th Round, No. 144 overall
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