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Draft Selections
Kyle Kennard Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (DET)
Kyle Kennard
DE-EDGE South Carolina
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (DET)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (DET)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (DET)
Joshua Gray
OG Oregon State
Keon Sabb Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DET)
Keon Sabb
S Alabama
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Tristan Leigh Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (DET)
Tristan Leigh
OT Clemson
Germie Bernard Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (DET)
Germie Bernard
WR Alabama
Woody Marks Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DET)
Woody Marks
RB USC
Draft Picks Received
Kyle Kennard Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (DAL)
Kyle Kennard
DE-EDGE South Carolina
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (DAL)
Joshua Gray
OG Oregon State
Keon Sabb Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DAL)
Keon Sabb
S Alabama
Draft Picks Traded
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (DAL)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Players Gained
Head Shot
Caelen Carson
CB
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueC+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
Grand theft in pick 196: the Lions steal Higgins and grade out a B.

Somebody in Round 6, Pick 21 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Lions sat still while Jay Higgins, the No. 125 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium.

Reaching for Leigh left real value on the table behind him. The phones were where this weekend was really won.

They punted on cornerback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick45 Rnd2 Kyle Kennard
Kyle Kennard in slot 45 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick63 Rnd2 Deone Walker
They went early on Deone Walker in the Round 2 slot, and the value did not follow. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick131 Rnd4 Barrett Carter
Barrett Carter at the 131st overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick151 Rnd5 Joshua Gray
A real head-scratcher, Joshua Gray in pick No. 151 is miles ahead of his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick168 Rnd5 Keon Sabb
They robbed the room for Keon Sabb here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick196 Rnd6 Jay Higgins
Somehow Jay Higgins was still sitting there in No. 196, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick224 Rnd7 Tristan Leigh
This one needs a full-page explanation: Tristan Leigh in the 224th pick, miles early. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick229 Rnd7 Germie Bernard
Value said wait; Germie Bernard in pick 229 says they were not listening. It fills a real need, too.
Pick247 Rnd7 Woody Marks
Steal is underselling it; Woody Marks at No. 247 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.