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Draft Selections
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (DET)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Marshawn Kneeland Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Marshawn Kneeland
DE-EDGE Western Michigan
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (DET)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Erick All Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Erick All
TE Iowa
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
Jalen Coker Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Jalen Coker
WR Holy Cross
Draft Picks Received
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Draft Picks Traded
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (ARI)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Lions.

For all the boxes ticked, the Lions skipped the loudest one: safety is exactly as bare as it was.

McCaffrey falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Their trades came out a wash either way.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick35 Rnd2 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
No drama and no debate, Ennis Rakestraw Jr. went about where he belonged in pick No. 35. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick61 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
Kingsley Suamataia at the 61st pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick73 Rnd3 Marshawn Kneeland
A straight-up fair deal on Marshawn Kneeland at the 73rd overall pick, value and slot in agreement. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick104 Rnd4 Zak Zinter
Zak Zinter in slot 104 is fair value, right on his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick164 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
They let Luke McCaffrey come to them and pounced at No. 164. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick201 Rnd6 Erick All
Erick All at Round 6, Pick 26 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick205 Rnd6 Curtis Jacobs
A reasonable price with a little left over, Curtis Jacobs in pick 205. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick249 Rnd7 Jalen Coker
No edge and no loss on Jalen Coker in the Round 7 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.