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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Garret Greenfield Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Garret Greenfield
OT South Dakota State
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions robbed the room for Greenfield. Final grade: B.

The board owed the Lions one, and it paid up: Garret Greenfield, the No. 216 name on the board, sitting there at No. 249 like a gift left on the doorstep.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped safety, which is a strange place to end up. The Randolph Jr. pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In slot 29 they get an island corner at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick61 Rnd2 Xavier Worthy
Xavier Worthy at pick 61 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the wide receiver. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick73 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
Kingsley Suamataia is a better player than the Round 3 slot suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick164 Rnd5 Xavier Thomas
They paid sticker price for Xavier Thomas in the 164th pick, and that is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick201 Rnd6 Jordan Jefferson
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jordan Jefferson in No. 201. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick205 Rnd6 Keith Randolph Jr.
Keith Randolph Jr. in pick No. 205 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick249 Rnd7 Garret Greenfield
Somehow Garret Greenfield was still sitting there in the 249th overall pick, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.