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Draft Selections
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Marshawn Kneeland Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DET)
Marshawn Kneeland
DE-EDGE Western Michigan
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (DET)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (DET)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Draft Picks Received
Marshawn Kneeland Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BAL)
Marshawn Kneeland
DE-EDGE Western Michigan
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
Draft Picks Traded
Tyler Guyton Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Tyler Guyton
OT Oklahoma
Ryan Flournoy Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (BAL)
Ryan Flournoy
WR Southeast Missouri State
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (BAL)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Khalid Duke Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (BAL)
Khalid Duke
DE-EDGE Kansas State
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall C+
ValueD+ NeedA- TradesC FutureB-
Some hits, some head-scratchers, and a C+ for the Lions.

The Johnny Wilson pick is the one that will follow the Lions into the fall. They took him 52 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. A mixed bag that lands at C+.

Leaving linebacker unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes.

In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.

Pick Analysis
Pick61 Rnd2 Kris Abrams-Draine
Kris Abrams-Draine at No. 61 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick62 Rnd2 Marshawn Kneeland
Marshawn Kneeland in the 62nd pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick72 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
They paid a round early for Dominick Puni in pick 72, more than the board wanted. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick73 Rnd3 Johnny Wilson
Johnny Wilson at pick No. 73 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick135 Rnd4 Sione Vaki
They reached a country mile for Sione Vaki at the Round 4 slot, and the board is aghast. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick164 Rnd5 Tanor Bortolini
Tanor Bortolini at slot 164 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.