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Draft Selections
Bradyn Swinson Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (DET)
Bradyn Swinson
DE-EDGE LSU
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (DET)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (DET)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Davison Igbinosun Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
Davison Igbinosun
CB Ohio State
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (DET)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Brennan Presley Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (DET)
Brennan Presley
WR Oklahoma State
Lee Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DET)
Lee Hunter
DT UCF
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueC- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Lions.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Lions took Lee Hunter a full 113 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-.

Majors falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety. The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Bradyn Swinson
In the Round 1 slot they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick63 Rnd2 Dylan Fairchild
Good price on Dylan Fairchild in pick 63, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick131 Rnd4 Jake Majors
Jake Majors at No. 131 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick196 Rnd6 Davison Igbinosun
Davison Igbinosun at the 196th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick224 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
They left a pile of value on the table to take Thor Griffith this early at pick No. 224. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick229 Rnd7 Brennan Presley
Brennan Presley at Round 7, Pick 15 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick247 Rnd7 Lee Hunter
They reached a country mile for Lee Hunter at the Round 7 slot, and the board is aghast. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.