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Draft Selections
Princely Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (DET)
Princely Umanmielen
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (DET)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (DET)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
Jake Majors
C Texas
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (DET)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DET)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (DET)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B+
ValueA+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions let Milum fall and pounced. Final grade: B+.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Wyatt Milum got past him. The Lions do not have to explain a thing at the Round 7 slot. Good, not great, and the B+ says as much.

They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 4 of 9 of the wish list covered.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick32 Rnd1 Princely Umanmielen
The board fumbled Princely Umanmielen all the way to the 32nd overall pick, and they scooped it up. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick64 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
A offensive lineman of that caliber at the 64th pick is the definition of value, full stop. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick131 Rnd4 Tre Harris
They will replay Tre Harris at pick No. 131 for years; that is how good the value is. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick196 Rnd6 Jake Majors
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Jake Majors in pick 196, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick225 Rnd7 T.J. Sanders
T.J. Sanders in No. 225 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick228 Rnd7 Trey Amos
Trey Amos at Round 7, Pick 12 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick248 Rnd7 Wyatt Milum
Wyatt Milum at the Round 7 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.