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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DET)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DET)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DET)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (DET)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Kingsley Eguakun Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (DET)
Kingsley Eguakun
C Florida
Jordan Toles Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (DET)
Jordan Toles
S Morgan State
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in Round 3, Pick 9 lands the Lions a B, Latham and all.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: JC Latham, Round 3, Pick 9, roughly 55 picks past where he belonged. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.

If Clark pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. The linebacker hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In the Round 1 slot they get a sticky cover corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick62 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
A edge rusher of that caliber at pick 62 is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick73 Rnd3 JC Latham
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, JC Latham in slot 73, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick93 Rnd3 Braden Fiske
Braden Fiske slid further than he should have, and No. 93 is lovely value for the interior defensive lineman. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick167 Rnd5 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark in pick No. 167 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick208 Rnd6 Kingsley Eguakun
A reach on Kingsley Eguakun in the 208th pick; the board had better options right there. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick251 Rnd7 Jordan Toles
Jordan Toles at Round 7, Pick 31 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.