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Draft Selections
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (DET)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (DET)
Walter Nolen
DL Mississippi
Jabbar Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (DET)
Jabbar Muhammad
CB Oregon
Earnest Greene III Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 6 (DET)
Earnest Greene III
OT Georgia
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (DET)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 7 (DET)
Tre Harris
WR Mississippi
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (DET)
Jordan Hancock
CB Ohio State
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (DET)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Draft Picks Received
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (SF)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (SF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (SF)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jaheim Oatis Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (SF)
Jaheim Oatis
DL Alabama
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B+
ValueA+ NeedB TradesC+ FutureB
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Lions and Harris: B+.

The board owed the Lions one, and it paid up: Tre Harris, the No. 35 name on the board, sitting there at Round 7, Pick 19 like a gift left on the doorstep. A dependable weekend that grades out a B+.

The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

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
Pick29 Rnd1 Harold Perkins Jr.
In No. 29 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece, and a steal at that. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick63 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
Malaki Starks in Round 2, Pick 31 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick125 Rnd4 Walter Nolen
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Walter Nolen reach pick 125 and blink. They did not. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick157 Rnd5 Jabbar Muhammad
Somehow Jabbar Muhammad was still sitting there in pick No. 157, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick173 Rnd6 Earnest Greene III
Earnest Greene III at the 173rd overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick189 Rnd6 Wyatt Milum
They will replay Wyatt Milum at the Round 6 slot for years; that is how good the value is. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick211 Rnd7 Tre Harris
The board fumbled Tre Harris all the way to the 211th pick, and they scooped it up. The roster fit checks out.
Pick218 Rnd7 Jordan Hancock
Taking Jordan Hancock in slot 218 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick221 Rnd7 T.J. Sanders
T.J. Sanders in the Round 7 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.