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    Lions
Draft Selections
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Landon Jackson
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Jacob Parrish Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 3 (DET)
Jacob Parrish
CB Kansas State
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (DET)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Chimere Dike Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (DET)
Chimere Dike
WR Florida
Tommy Akingbesote Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (DET)
Tommy Akingbesote
DT Maryland
Jermari Harris Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (DET)
Jermari Harris
CB Iowa
Akili Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (DET)
Akili Arnold
S USC
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Lions.

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Lions shredded theirs for Tommy Akingbesote. He came off 90 spots early, and the room will hear about it.

Arnold falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want.

Good work on the whole, with linebacker the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Landon Jackson
In the 28th pick they get a problem off the edge at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick60 Rnd2 Jake Majors
Jake Majors at slot 60 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick101 Rnd3 Jacob Parrish
Jacob Parrish at pick 101 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick133 Rnd4 Rylie Mills
No drama and no debate, Rylie Mills went about where he belonged in Round 4, Pick 32. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick198 Rnd6 Chimere Dike
Chimere Dike in the Round 6 slot is fair value, right on his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick227 Rnd7 Tommy Akingbesote
This one needs a full-page explanation: Tommy Akingbesote in pick No. 227, miles early. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick230 Rnd7 Jermari Harris
A tidy bit of business in pick 230, where Jermari Harris graded well above the range. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick246 Rnd7 Akili Arnold
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Akili Arnold in slot 246, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.