Rams address needs with three picks in the McShay mock draft
The Los Angeles Rams address two levels of their defense with all three picks in the Todd McShay mock draft on Thursday. McShay and co-host Steve Muench ran through three rounds of the draft based on team needs and expected that linebacker, corner, safety, and tackle would be needs for L.A..
With that, McShay picked Alabama linebacker Jihaad Campbell with the team’s first pick at 26, then went secondary with both of the Rams third round picks.
1.26 – LB Jihaad Campbell, Alabama
3.90 – S Billy Bowman, Oklahoma
3.101 – CB Caleb Ransaw, Tulane
Bowman had six interceptions in 2023, then added two more to his resume in 2024. He’s only 192 lbs but he ran a 4.42, so could he be the rangy safety to take over the deep middle at some point for the RamS?
Ransaw is 5’11, 197 lbs and he flew at the combine with a 4.33 40-yard dash. That gave Ransaw a top-5 athleticism score among cornerbacks.
The star here is obviously Campbell and he should be an immediate starter and upgrade over Troy Reeder and Christian Rozeboom. But Les Snead has never prioritized linebacker in the draft or free agency, so is he going to start doing that now in 2025? If he does, you can’t do better than Jihaad Campbell at pick 26.
