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Draft Selections
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (DET)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (DET)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Marshawn Kneeland Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (DET)
Marshawn Kneeland
DE-EDGE Western Michigan
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (DET)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Tahj Washington Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Tahj Washington
WR USC
KT Leveston Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
KT Leveston
OT Kansas State
Draft Picks Received
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CAR)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Marshawn Kneeland Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (WSH)
Marshawn Kneeland
DE-EDGE Western Michigan
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Draft Picks Traded
Adisa Isaac Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (CAR)
Adisa Isaac
DE-EDGE Penn State
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (WSH)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CHI)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players Gained
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Jalen Ramsey
CB
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureD
The Lions turned the phones into found money: B.

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Lions came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

Landing Hopper that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. The Bortolini reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

Leaving safety unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick39 Rnd2 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
Nothing to complain about; Ennis Rakestraw Jr. went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick40 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette in pick 40 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick61 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
No edge and no loss on Zach Frazier in the 61st pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick78 Rnd3 Marshawn Kneeland
They paid sticker price for Marshawn Kneeland in No. 78, and that is fine. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick100 Rnd3 Caelen Carson
They did well to land Caelen Carson in pick No. 100, just ahead of his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick164 Rnd5 Tanor Bortolini
A big swing on Tanor Bortolini at the Round 5 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick201 Rnd6 Ty'Ron Hopper
Somehow Ty'Ron Hopper was still sitting there in the 201st overall pick, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick205 Rnd6 Tahj Washington
Tahj Washington slipping to slot 205 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick249 Rnd7 KT Leveston
KT Leveston in pick 249 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.