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Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Elic Ayomanor Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (DET)
Elic Ayomanor
WR Stanford
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DET)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (DET)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DET)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DET)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Draft Picks Received
Elic Ayomanor Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (CAR)
Elic Ayomanor
WR Stanford
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (CAR)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CAR)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Jah Joyner Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (CAR)
Jah Joyner
DL-EDGE Minnesota
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueA NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions cashed the board's mistake on Alexander: B.

The Lions did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Darius Alexander fell into the 196th pick.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
They did well to land Kenneth Grant in pick No. 28, just ahead of his grade. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick60 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
Circle this one: Jihaad Campbell at the Round 2 slot is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick114 Rnd4 Elic Ayomanor
Elic Ayomanor at the 114th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick130 Rnd4 Denzel Burke
Denzel Burke at pick 130 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick140 Rnd5 Dylan Fairchild
Taking Dylan Fairchild in No. 140 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick196 Rnd6 Darius Alexander
They robbed the room for Darius Alexander here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick228 Rnd7 Cobee Bryant
They will replay Cobee Bryant at the 228th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick244 Rnd7 Jaylen Reed
Jaylen Reed in slot 244 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.