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Welp'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 17, 2026

Just throwin stuff on the board

  • Welp DRAFTING FOR THE
    Lions
Draft Selections
Olaivavega Ioane Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (DET)
Olaivavega Ioane
OG Penn State
Dani Dennis-Sutton Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (DET)
Dani Dennis-Sutton
DE-EDGE Penn State
Jalon Kilgore Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (DET)
Jalon Kilgore
CB South Carolina
Trey Zuhn III Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (DET)
Trey Zuhn III
C Texas A&M
Zxavian Harris Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (DET)
Zxavian Harris
DT Ole Miss
Kaleb Elarms-Orr Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 5 (DET)
Kaleb Elarms-Orr
LB TCU
Cole Payton Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Cole Payton
QB North Dakota State
Jimmy Rolder Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (DET)
Jimmy Rolder
LB Michigan
Andre Fuller Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (DET)
Andre Fuller
CB Toledo
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

The Lions spent real capital to be 36 picks early on Dani Dennis-Sutton, and the board is going to hold them to it.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Kilgore. They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

On the needs board they went 5 of 9, with cornerback the one that mattered most. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the safety spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Olaivavega Ioane
In the 17th pick they get protection for the quarterback. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick50 Rnd2 Dani Dennis-Sutton
Dani Dennis-Sutton at the Round 2 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick118 Rnd4 Jalon Kilgore
Jalon Kilgore in slot 118 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick128 Rnd4 Trey Zuhn III
Trey Zuhn III in Round 4, Pick 28 is fair value, right on his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick157 Rnd5 Zxavian Harris
Zxavian Harris in the 157th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick181 Rnd5 Kaleb Elarms-Orr
They paid sticker price for Kaleb Elarms-Orr in No. 181, and that is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick205 Rnd6 Cole Payton
Cole Payton at the 205th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick213 Rnd6 Jimmy Rolder
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jimmy Rolder well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick222 Rnd7 Andre Fuller
A wild overpay on Andre Fuller in the Round 7 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.