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Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Terrance Ferguson Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Terrance Ferguson
TE Oregon
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (DET)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (DET)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Jalen McLeod Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (DET)
Jalen McLeod
LB-EDGE Auburn
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (DET)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Zeek Biggers Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DET)
Zeek Biggers
DT Georgia Tech
Draft Picks Received
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (SF)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (SF)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Jalen McLeod Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (LAC)
Jalen McLeod
LB-EDGE Auburn
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (PIT)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Draft Picks Traded
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (SF)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Drew Kendall Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (LAC)
Drew Kendall
C Boston College
Akili Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (PIT)
Akili Arnold
S USC
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Lions, and a B- to prove it.

The Lions clearly saw something nobody else did in Jalen McLeod, taking him 34 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Watts. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Grey Zabel
In Round 1, Pick 28 they get protection for the quarterback. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick60 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts at the 60th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick102 Rnd3 Terrance Ferguson
They paid up for Terrance Ferguson at the 102nd pick when waiting would have done the job. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick147 Rnd5 O'Donnell Fortune
They went early on O'Donnell Fortune in No. 147, and the value did not follow. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick160 Rnd5 Luke Kandra
Luke Kandra in pick No. 160 lands just on the right side of the ledger. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick181 Rnd6 Jalen McLeod
A wild overpay on Jalen McLeod in slot 181, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick185 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They took Dont'e Thornton Jr. at par in the Round 6 slot, which is nothing to complain about. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick244 Rnd7 Zeek Biggers
Zeek Biggers in the 244th pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A minor itch, scratched.