Jaybeast17'S MOCK DRAFT
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Jaybeast17'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 18, 2026

2025 draft 55

  • Jaybeast17 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Lions
Draft Selections
Dayon Hayes Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Dayon Hayes
DE-EDGE Colorado
Shavon Revel Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Shavon Revel Jr.
CB East Carolina
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DET)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Jah Joyner Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DET)
Jah Joyner
DL-EDGE Minnesota
Draft Picks Received
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
James Burnip Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (LAC)
James Burnip
P Alabama
Donovan Smith Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (PHI)
Donovan Smith
QB Houston
Players Gained
Head Shot
Derwin James Jr.
S
Head Shot
Azeez Ojulari
LB
Players traded away
Head Shot
DJ Reader
DT
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueF NeedA- TradesA+ FutureB-
The Lions worked the phones like thieves and earned a B-.

The Lions looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Dayon Hayes at pick 28 regardless, 289 picks early.

That is an interior defensive lineman worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. For all the activity, safety went untouched, which is hard to explain.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Dayon Hayes
In Round 1, Pick 28 they get juice off the edge, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick60 Rnd2 Shavon Revel Jr.
The board fumbled Shavon Revel Jr. all the way to the Round 2 slot, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick102 Rnd3 Jackson Slater
Jackson Slater at pick 102 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick130 Rnd4 Derrick Harmon
They barely believed it either: Derrick Harmon still on the board at the 130th pick. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick244 Rnd7 Jah Joyner
Jah Joyner at No. 244 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.