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Draft Selections
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (DET)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Jordan Burch Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Jordan Burch
DE-EDGE Oregon
Elic Ayomanor Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Elic Ayomanor
WR Stanford
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 3 (DET)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (DET)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Mello Dotson Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (DET)
Mello Dotson
CB Kansas
Barryn Sorrell Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (DET)
Barryn Sorrell
LB-EDGE Texas
Micah Morris Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (DET)
Micah Morris
OG Georgia
Jaydon Blue Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (DET)
Jaydon Blue
RB Texas
Draft Picks Received
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (JAX)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Elic Ayomanor Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Elic Ayomanor
WR Stanford
Mello Dotson Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (JAX)
Mello Dotson
CB Kansas
Draft Picks Traded
Shavon Revel Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (JAX)
Shavon Revel Jr.
CB East Carolina
Jaishawn Barham Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (WSH)
Jaishawn Barham
LB Michigan
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB+ FutureC+
A solid, sensible weekend for the Lions: B-.

Nobody had Barryn Sorrell this high, and it is not close. The Lions reached 130 spots to get him at the 198th overall pick.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through linebacker. They banked enough surplus on Starks to cover a lot of smaller sins. They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick36 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Malaki Starks in pick 36. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick60 Rnd2 Jordan Burch
Jordan Burch at the 60th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick61 Rnd2 Elic Ayomanor
Good price on Elic Ayomanor in the 61st pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick101 Rnd3 Jalen Milroe
Jalen Milroe in Round 3, Pick 37 is fair value, right on his grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick133 Rnd4 Darius Alexander
A straight-up fair deal on Darius Alexander at slot 133, value and slot in agreement. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick143 Rnd5 Mello Dotson
They did well to land Mello Dotson in pick No. 143, just ahead of his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick198 Rnd6 Barryn Sorrell
Value said wait; Barryn Sorrell in Round 6, Pick 20 says they were not listening. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick227 Rnd7 Micah Morris
A big swing on Micah Morris at slot 227, well ahead of any board in the building. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick246 Rnd7 Jaydon Blue
Jaydon Blue in the 246th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It patches a soft spot without any drama.