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Draft Selections
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DET)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DET)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (DET)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Jaylen Harrell Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (DET)
Jaylen Harrell
DE-EDGE Michigan
Jaylon Carlies Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (DET)
Jaylon Carlies
S Missouri
Al Blades Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (DET)
Al Blades Jr.
CB Duke
Draft Picks Received
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NO)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (NO)
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Draft Picks Traded
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NO)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueC NeedA- TradesC+ FutureB
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Lions: B-.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Lions took Jaylon Carlies a full 66 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend.

They will regret leaving linebacker for another day if the season turns on it. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 4 of 9 of the wish list covered. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In slot 30 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, even if it was a touch early. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick62 Rnd2 D.J. James
They took D.J. James at par in the 62nd pick, which is nothing to complain about. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick73 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
By-the-book stuff, Cooper Beebe at pick 73 squarely in line with his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick136 Rnd4 Cam Hart
Nothing to complain about; Cam Hart went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick167 Rnd5 Jaylen Harrell
Jaylen Harrell at pick No. 167 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick208 Rnd6 Jaylon Carlies
A wild overpay on Jaylon Carlies in the Round 6 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick251 Rnd7 Al Blades Jr.
They talked themselves into Al Blades Jr. at Round 7, Pick 31, and the board did not agree. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.