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Draft Selections
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (DET)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (DET)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
BJ Mayes Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DET)
BJ Mayes
CB UAB
Draft Picks Received
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (NE)
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Draft Picks Traded
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NE)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesA- FutureC
A solid, sensible weekend for the Lions: B.

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Lions did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to safety, which was the need that mattered most.

The Mayes pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The trade work was a quiet net positive.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Byron Murphy II
In the 29th pick they get a wrecking ball inside at a price that makes it sweeter. Need was not the driver here.
Pick34 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
Chop Robinson at the Round 2 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick61 Rnd2 D.J. James
D.J. James in the 61st overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick92 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
No drama and no debate, Sedrick Van Pran went about where he belonged in pick 92. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick163 Rnd5 Jaylen Wright
Good price on Jaylen Wright in No. 163, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick207 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
Nothing to complain about; De'Corian Clark went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It fills a real need, too.
Pick247 Rnd7 BJ Mayes
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing BJ Mayes in Round 7, Pick 27. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.