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Draft Selections
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (DET)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Trey Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DET)
Trey Taylor
S Air Force
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players Gained
Head Shot
Stephon Gilmore
CB
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB+ FutureC+
The Lions did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.

The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Lions reached some 44 spots for Cedric Gray, and value like that does not grow back. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up. The Verse steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

The dealing nudged the ledger their way without much fuss.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Jared Verse
In pick No. 29 they get a premier pass rusher, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick61 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
T'Vondre Sweat in No. 61 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick73 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at slot 73 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick92 Rnd3 Cedric Gray
Cedric Gray at Round 3, Pick 29 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick163 Rnd5 Roger Rosengarten
The board had cheaper options than Roger Rosengarten at the 163rd overall pick, and it noticed. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick207 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark in pick 207 is fair value, right on his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick247 Rnd7 Trey Taylor
They talked themselves into Trey Taylor at the 247th pick, and the board did not agree. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.