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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Jordan Burch Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Jordan Burch
DE-EDGE Oregon
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (DET)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (DET)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DET)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Brandon Adams Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DET)
Brandon Adams
CB UCF
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions won the night they stopped Wilson from sliding. Grade: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let Jared Wilson slide, and the Lions were the ones holding the card at No. 134. Highway robbery. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In the 28th overall pick they get a load in the middle at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick60 Rnd2 Tre Harris
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Tre Harris at No. 60. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick102 Rnd3 Jordan Burch
Jordan Burch slid further than he should have, and Round 3, Pick 38 is lovely value for the edge rusher. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick134 Rnd4 Jared Wilson
Taking Jared Wilson in slot 134 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick196 Rnd6 Jaylen Reed
Jaylen Reed at the Round 6 slot is money in the bank, a safety taken below his worth. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick225 Rnd7 Jack Kiser
Jack Kiser in the 225th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The roster fit checks out.
Pick228 Rnd7 Hayden Conner
They robbed the room for Hayden Conner here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick244 Rnd7 Brandon Adams
No drama and no debate, Brandon Adams went about where he belonged in pick 244. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.