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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (DET)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (DET)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (DET)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Josaiah Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (DET)
Josaiah Stewart
DE-EDGE Michigan
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DET)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Draft Picks Traded
Mykel Williams Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (MIN)
Mykel Williams
DE-EDGE Georgia
Players Gained
Head Shot
Justin Jefferson
WR
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall A-
ValueA+ NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
The Lions won the night they stopped Harris from sliding. Grade: A-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Tre Harris, the 224th pick, roughly 201 picks past where he belonged. The board rewarded a patient, disciplined weekend with a A-.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. The safety hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

In the end it comes back to Ashton Jeanty, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick Analysis
Pick63 Rnd2 Ashton Jeanty
Taking Ashton Jeanty in the Round 2 slot is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick131 Rnd4 Cam Ward
They robbed the room for Cam Ward here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick196 Rnd6 Wyatt Milum
The board fumbled Wyatt Milum all the way to the 196th pick, and they scooped it up. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick224 Rnd7 Tre Harris
Tre Harris in pick No. 224 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick229 Rnd7 Josaiah Stewart
Josaiah Stewart at pick 229 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick247 Rnd7 Trey Amos
They will replay Trey Amos at slot 247 for years; that is how good the value is. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.