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Draft Selections
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Kamren Kinchens Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Kamren Kinchens
S Miami (FL)
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Marcellas Dial Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Marcellas Dial
CB South Carolina
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in the 205th overall pick lands the Lions a B-, McCaffrey and all.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Luke McCaffrey got past him. The Lions do not have to explain a thing at the 205th pick. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

For all the activity, linebacker went untouched, which is hard to explain. They are betting Legette proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

They went 5 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Xavier Legette
In No. 29 they get a true top target, even if it was a touch early.
Pick61 Rnd2 Kamren Kinchens
A straight-up fair deal on Kamren Kinchens at slot 61, value and slot in agreement. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick73 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Sedrick Van Pran. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick164 Rnd5 Xavier Thomas
No drama and no debate, Xavier Thomas went about where he belonged in the 164th pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick201 Rnd6 Dwight McGlothern
Dwight McGlothern in the Round 6 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick205 Rnd6 Luke McCaffrey
A wide receiver of that caliber at pick 205 is the definition of value, full stop. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick249 Rnd7 Marcellas Dial
A clean, defensible pick in Round 7, Pick 29 with a little surplus value in Marcellas Dial. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.