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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Jaylen Harrell Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (DET)
Jaylen Harrell
DE-EDGE Michigan
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Jordan Whittington Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (DET)
Jordan Whittington
WR Texas
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Lions took Drake Nugent a full 56 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

The Rakestraw Jr. steal is the beam this whole class leans on. They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Job largely done: cornerback settled and 4 of 9 of the wish list covered. The back end got a real overhaul.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In pick No. 29 they get an island corner at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick61 Rnd2 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
Taking Ennis Rakestraw Jr. in the 61st pick is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick73 Rnd3 Gabriel Murphy
The board had cheaper options than Gabriel Murphy at the 73rd overall pick, and it noticed. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick92 Rnd3 Drake Nugent
They reached into another round for Drake Nugent, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick166 Rnd5 Jaylen Harrell
They reached a country mile for Jaylen Harrell at No. 166, and the board is aghast. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick207 Rnd6 Tanor Bortolini
A reach for Tanor Bortolini in Round 6, Pick 32; a little patience would have been rewarded. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick250 Rnd7 Jordan Whittington
Jordan Whittington at pick No. 250 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.