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Draft Selections
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (DET)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (DET)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (DET)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (DET)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (DET)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (DET)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (DET)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Picks Received
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (JAX)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (JAX)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (JAX)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (ATL)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (CAR)
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Draft Picks Traded
Tyler Guyton Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (PIT)
Tyler Guyton
OT Oklahoma
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (CAR)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Beaux Limmer Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (ARI)
Beaux Limmer
C Arkansas
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (PIT)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (ATL)
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint...
WR Georgia
Cedric Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (PIT)
Cedric Johnson
DE-EDGE Mississippi
Jackson Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (ARI)
Jackson Mitchell
LB Connecticut
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players traded away
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John Cominsky
DE
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Malcolm Rodriguez
LB
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueB+ NeedA- TradesC FutureC
Larceny in the Round 4 slot lands the Lions a B-, Rice and all.

Call it larceny. Brenden Rice sat on the board until pick 114, and the Lions did not need to be asked twice. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. Watson has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

Cornerback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Laiatu Latu
In No. 20 they get a premier pass rusher, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick33 Rnd2 Kool-Aid McKinstry
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Kool-Aid McKinstry in the 33rd overall pick. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick66 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
Fair-plus on Kingsley Suamataia, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick114 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
Circle this one: Brenden Rice at pick 114 is a fall that decides a draft. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick116 Rnd4 Zak Zinter
Value with a capital V on Zak Zinter in the Round 4 slot, a genuine coup. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick153 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
Kitan Oladapo at slot 153 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick197 Rnd6 Nathaniel Watson
A reach on Nathaniel Watson in Round 6, Pick 22; the board had better options right there. The roster fit checks out.