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Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (DET)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
Chase Lundt Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
Chase Lundt
OT UConn
Barryn Sorrell Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (DET)
Barryn Sorrell
LB-EDGE Texas
Antwane Wells Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DET)
Antwane Wells Jr.
WR Ole Miss
Alijah Clark Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DET)
Alijah Clark
S Syracuse
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Lions a B.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Barryn Sorrell at slot 225 is 90 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

The Wells Jr. steal is the beam this whole class leans on. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through linebacker.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In the 28th overall pick they get a home-run threat at receiver, and a steal at that.
Pick60 Rnd2 Trey Amos
Trey Amos slipping to the Round 2 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick102 Rnd3 Jake Majors
They took Jake Majors at par in the 102nd pick, which is nothing to complain about. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick134 Rnd4 Jackson Slater
They paid a round early for Jackson Slater in No. 134, more than the board wanted. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick196 Rnd6 Chase Lundt
Somehow Chase Lundt was still sitting there in pick No. 196, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick225 Rnd7 Barryn Sorrell
Barryn Sorrell at pick 225 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick228 Rnd7 Antwane Wells Jr.
You do not let a wide receiver like Antwane Wells Jr. reach pick 228 and blink. They did not. It fills a real need, too.
Pick244 Rnd7 Alijah Clark
The board had cheaper options than Alijah Clark at pick No. 244, and it noticed. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.