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Cloud9blazers'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 11, 2026

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  • Cloud9blazers DRAFTING FOR THE
    Lions
Draft Selections
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (DET)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (DET)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Akheem Mesidor Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (DET)
Akheem Mesidor
DL-EDGE Miami
Charles Jagusah Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (DET)
Charles Jagusah
OG Notre Dame
Pat Coogan Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (DET)
Pat Coogan
C Indiana
Antonio Kite Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (DET)
Antonio Kite
CB Ole Miss
Gunner Stockton Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 5 (DET)
Gunner Stockton
QB Georgia
Monroe Mills Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (DET)
Monroe Mills
OT Virginia
Earnest Greene III Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DET)
Earnest Greene III
OT Georgia
Princewill Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (DET)
Princewill Umanmielen
LB-EDGE Ole Miss
Draft Picks Received
Akheem Mesidor Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (HOU)
Akheem Mesidor
DL-EDGE Miami
Antonio Kite Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Antonio Kite
CB Ole Miss
Players traded away
Head Shot
David Montgomery
RB
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall C
ValueB- NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The Lions lost the trade table, and the C tells the story.

The tape said wait; the Lions did not. Pat Coogan went at slot 155, a good 104 picks before the board was ready. A weekend of give and take that grades a C.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. That safety hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Hit on Jeremiyah Love and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Jeremiyah Love
They read the board right and Jeremiyah Love was the payoff at slot 17. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick50 Rnd2 Sonny Styles
A tidy bit of business in No. 50, where Sonny Styles graded well above the range. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick106 Rnd4 Akheem Mesidor
Value said wait; Akheem Mesidor in pick 106 says they were not listening. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick118 Rnd4 Charles Jagusah
They went early on Charles Jagusah in pick No. 118, and the value did not follow. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick155 Rnd5 Pat Coogan
Pat Coogan at the Round 5 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick165 Rnd5 Antonio Kite
A real head-scratcher, Antonio Kite in Round 5, Pick 27 is miles ahead of his ranking. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick180 Rnd5 Gunner Stockton
Good price on Gunner Stockton in pick 180, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick188 Rnd6 Monroe Mills
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Monroe Mills. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick209 Rnd6 Earnest Greene III
Earnest Greene III at slot 209 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick222 Rnd7 Princewill Umanmielen
Princewill Umanmielen in the 222nd pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.