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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Brandon Dorlus Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Brandon Dorlus
DE-EDGE Oregon
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Aki Ogunbiyi Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (DET)
Aki Ogunbiyi
OG Texas A&M
Jalen Green Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Jalen Green
S Mississippi State
Eric Gentry Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (DET)
Eric Gentry
LB USC
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions robbed the room for Worthy. Final grade: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Xavier Worthy, the 73rd overall pick, roughly 30 picks past where he belonged. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

Reaching for Ogunbiyi left real value on the table behind him. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it. Cornerback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In No. 29 they get a potential shutdown corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick61 Rnd2 Brandon Dorlus
Brandon Dorlus in Round 2, Pick 29 lands just on the right side of the ledger. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick73 Rnd3 Xavier Worthy
A wide receiver of that caliber at the 73rd overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. The roster fit checks out.
Pick92 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
They paid a round early for Dominick Puni in pick No. 92, more than the board wanted. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick166 Rnd5 Aki Ogunbiyi
A big swing on Aki Ogunbiyi at pick 166, well ahead of any board in the building. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick207 Rnd6 Jalen Green
They paid sticker price for Jalen Green in the 207th pick, and that is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick250 Rnd7 Eric Gentry
They took Eric Gentry at par in the Round 7 slot, which is nothing to complain about. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.