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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (DET)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Jonah Elliss Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Jonah Elliss
DE-EDGE Utah
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DET)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (DET)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Julian Pearl Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Julian Pearl
OT Illinois
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Eyabi Okie-Anoma Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 6 (DET)
Eyabi Okie-Anoma
DL-EDGE Charlotte
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Draft Picks Received
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (BAL)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (CAR)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Eyabi Okie-Anoma Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 6 (BAL)
Eyabi Okie-Anoma
DL-EDGE Charlotte
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NE)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (BAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CAR)
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Draft Picks Traded
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (BAL)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Lions: B.

The Eyabi Okie-Anoma selection is the head-turner. The Lions reached 67 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Landing Beebe that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick Analysis
Pick33 Rnd2 Kool-Aid McKinstry
A clean, defensible pick in the 33rd pick with a little surplus value in Kool-Aid McKinstry. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick61 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
They read the board right and Cooper Beebe was the payoff at the Round 2 slot. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick73 Rnd3 Jonah Elliss
Jonah Elliss at Round 3, Pick 9 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick93 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III at pick No. 93 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick101 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
A reasonable price with a little left over, Brenden Rice in slot 101. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick164 Rnd5 Malik Mustapha
Malik Mustapha at No. 164 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick201 Rnd6 Julian Pearl
They paid sticker price for Julian Pearl in No. 201, and that is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick205 Rnd6 Jaylan Ford
No drama and no debate, Jaylan Ford went about where he belonged in slot 205. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick218 Rnd6 Eyabi Okie-Anoma
Eyabi Okie-Anoma at the 218th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick249 Rnd7 De'Corian Clark
A swing that ignored the value entirely, De'Corian Clark well ahead of where he belonged. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.