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Cloud9blazers'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 12, 2026

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  • Cloud9blazers DRAFTING FOR THE
    Lions
Draft Selections
Gennings Dunker Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (DET)
Gennings Dunker
OT Iowa
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (DET)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Logan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (DET)
Logan Jones
C Iowa
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (DET)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Jalon Kilgore Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (DET)
Jalon Kilgore
CB South Carolina
Kevin Coleman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (DET)
Kevin Coleman Jr.
WR Missouri
Toriano Pride Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 5 (DET)
Toriano Pride Jr.
CB Missouri
Oscar Delp Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (DET)
Oscar Delp
TE Georgia
Jaren Kanak Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Jaren Kanak
TE Oklahoma
Jamal Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (DET)
Jamal Haynes
RB Georgia Tech
Troy Bowles Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (DET)
Troy Bowles
LB Michigan
Draft Picks Received
Logan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (HOU)
Logan Jones
C Iowa
Troy Bowles Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (HOU)
Troy Bowles
LB Michigan
Players traded away
Head Shot
David Montgomery
RB
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall C
ValueC- NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
The Lions bled value on every deal, hence the C.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Troy Bowles, 130 picks early at the 243rd pick.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Jones.

That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They went 6 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

So much rides on Gennings Dunker that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Gennings Dunker
In No. 17 they get a long-term starter on the line, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick50 Rnd2 D'Angelo Ponds
They did well to land D'Angelo Ponds in pick No. 50, just ahead of his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick106 Rnd4 Logan Jones
They robbed the room for Logan Jones here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick118 Rnd4 Harold Perkins Jr.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Harold Perkins Jr.. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick128 Rnd4 Jalon Kilgore
They read the board right and Jalon Kilgore was the payoff at pick 128. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick157 Rnd5 Kevin Coleman Jr.
Fair-plus on Kevin Coleman Jr., a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick181 Rnd5 Toriano Pride Jr.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Toriano Pride Jr. this early at pick 181. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick188 Rnd6 Oscar Delp
No drama and no debate, Oscar Delp went about where he belonged in the 188th pick. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick205 Rnd6 Jaren Kanak
A wild overpay on Jaren Kanak in slot 205, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The roster fit checks out.
Pick222 Rnd7 Jamal Haynes
Jamal Haynes at Round 7, Pick 6 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick243 Rnd7 Troy Bowles
A real head-scratcher, Troy Bowles in the 243rd overall pick is miles ahead of his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.