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Draft Selections
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Landon Jackson
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (DET)
Connor Colby
OG Iowa
Upton Stout Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
Upton Stout
S Western Kentucky
Robert Longerbeam Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (DET)
Robert Longerbeam
CB Rutgers
Ty Hamilton Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DET)
Ty Hamilton
DT Ohio State
Chimere Dike Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DET)
Chimere Dike
WR Florida
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in pick No. 244 lands the Lions a B-, Dike and all.

The board owed the Lions one, and it paid up: Chimere Dike, the No. 202 name on the board, sitting there at pick No. 244 like a gift left on the doorstep. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

The Colby reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through linebacker. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but linebacker.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Landon Jackson
In pick No. 28 they get a premier pass rusher. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick60 Rnd2 Jalen Royals
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jalen Royals. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick102 Rnd3 Jared Wilson
A straight-up fair deal on Jared Wilson at the 102nd pick, value and slot in agreement. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick134 Rnd4 Connor Colby
They talked themselves into Connor Colby at No. 134, and the board did not agree. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick196 Rnd6 Upton Stout
Taking Upton Stout in the Round 6 slot is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick225 Rnd7 Robert Longerbeam
They will replay Robert Longerbeam at slot 225 for years; that is how good the value is. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick228 Rnd7 Ty Hamilton
The board had cheaper options than Ty Hamilton at the 228th overall pick, and it noticed. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick244 Rnd7 Chimere Dike
They robbed the room for Chimere Dike here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.