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Draft Selections
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (DET)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (DET)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (DET)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
Tahj Washington Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (DET)
Tahj Washington
WR USC
M.J. Devonshire Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (DET)
M.J. Devonshire
CB Pittsburgh
Ryan Cooper Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (DET)
Ryan Cooper Jr.
CB Oregon State
Trajan Jeffcoat Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (DET)
Trajan Jeffcoat
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Draft Picks Received
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (LV)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (IND)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
Tahj Washington Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (LV)
Tahj Washington
WR USC
M.J. Devonshire Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (IND)
M.J. Devonshire
CB Pittsburgh
Ryan Cooper Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (LAC)
Ryan Cooper Jr.
CB Oregon State
Trajan Jeffcoat Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Trajan Jeffcoat
DL-EDGE Arkansas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
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Draft Picks Traded
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (LAC)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (LAC)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Kendall Milton Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (IND)
Kendall Milton
RB Georgia
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (IND)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Matt Lee Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (LAC)
Matt Lee
C Miami (FL)
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Players Gained
Head Shot
Easton Stick
QB
Players traded away
Head Shot
Halapoulivaati Vaitai
OG
Head Shot
Hendon Hooker
QB
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall F
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureF
Devonshire should have been long gone. The Lions pounced, and earned a F.

The Trajan Jeffcoat selection is the head-turner. The Lions reached 47 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. The Devonshire steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

A whole weekend of picks and safety is somehow still a want. It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.

There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left safety open, and the grade is the bill.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In the 13th pick they get a wrecking ball inside. Need was not the driver here.
Pick29 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In pick 29 they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick61 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
Kingsley Suamataia at pick No. 61 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick72 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at Round 3, Pick 8 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick191 Rnd6 Joe Milton III
Joe Milton III in slot 191 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick223 Rnd7 Tahj Washington
They barely believed it either: Tahj Washington still on the board at pick 223. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick234 Rnd7 M.J. Devonshire
M.J. Devonshire in Round 7, Pick 14 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick253 Rnd7 Ryan Cooper Jr.
You do not let a cornerback like Ryan Cooper Jr. reach the 253rd overall pick and blink. They did not. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick256 Rnd7 Trajan Jeffcoat
They talked themselves into Trajan Jeffcoat at No. 256, and the board did not agree. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.