Jaybeast17'S MOCK DRAFT
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Jaybeast17'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON FEB 8, 2026

2025 draft 77

  • Jaybeast17 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Lions
Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Jared Ivey Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Jared Ivey
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Hunter Wohler Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DET)
Hunter Wohler
S Wisconsin
Ethan Downs Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
Ethan Downs
DE-EDGE Oklahoma
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DET)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
John Campbell Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DET)
John Campbell Jr.
OT Tennessee
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall C+
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The jury is out on the Lions. For now, C+.

The Lions treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the 244th overall pick on John Campbell Jr. a full 153 spots early. It lands right in the middle: a C+, no more, no less.

The Johnson value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback.

Offensive lineman was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

It grades out a shrug today, with plenty of room to move either way.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In pick 28 they get a weapon on the perimeter. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick60 Rnd2 Jared Ivey
Jared Ivey at pick No. 60 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick102 Rnd3 Derrick Harmon
They barely believed it either: Derrick Harmon still on the board at Round 3, Pick 38. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick130 Rnd4 Hunter Wohler
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Hunter Wohler. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick196 Rnd6 Ethan Downs
They reached into another round for Ethan Downs, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick228 Rnd7 Tez Johnson
A wide receiver of that caliber at the Round 7 slot is the definition of value, full stop. It fills a real need, too.
Pick244 Rnd7 John Campbell Jr.
John Campbell Jr. in the Round 7 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.