The Carolina Chaos and Utah Archers made a first-round trade in the 2025 College Draft presented by Q-Collar.

The Chaos, in their first draft with new general manager Spencer Ford and head coach Roy Colsey, sent the fifth and 21st overall picks to the Utah Archers for the eighth and 16th selections.

With the No. 5 pick, the Archers selected Penn defenseman Brendan Lavelle.

"We knew the guy we wanted, and we weren't going to mess around,” head coach and general manager Chris Bates told ESPN’s Dana Boyle. "We weren't going to take a chance."

"We think [Lavelle] is a foundational guy," Bates added. 

Lavelle projects to be an immediate starter for the Archers at close defense. That will go hand-in-hand with Mason Woodward bumping up to play long-stick midfield. Back in April, Bates expressed his confidence in Woodward making that switch.

"He's gonna be good wherever we play him," he explained.

After the New York Atlas took Matt Traynor and the Maryland Whipsnakes drafted Aidan Carroll, the Chaos selected Syracuse attackman Owen Hiltz at No. 8. Eight picks later, after the Chaos nabbed LSM Levi Verch at 13th overall, they took Maryland LSM Jack McDonald with the Archers’ original pick. 

After Utah picked Harvard attackman Sam King at 18th, it used Carolina’s No. 21 pick to nab Richmond defender Mitchell Dunham. Dunham stands 6-foot-5, 220 pounds and is a high-upside pick who had been the Archers’ late-round target throughout the scouting process.

The two-time defending champion Archers closed out the draft by taking Maryland midfielder Bryce Ford with the 32nd and final pick.