As the dust settles on the 2026 NFL Draft, draft grades are rolling in from around the country. USA TODAY Sports' Nate Davis shared draft grades for all 32 NFL teams. The Lions earned the 12th-best grade in Davis' NFL draft class rankings. Detroit's draft class earned a B letter grade.

HBCU football star Erick Hunter signs with Detroit Lions as UDFA after standout Morgan State Bears football career.

The Detroit Lions made seven overall selections in the 2026 and were able to target several key areas of need. One position the team did not target was at the safety spot. With Kerby Joseph and Brian Branch still working their way back from injury,

Entering the draft, the Lions had nine picks and several areas that needed addressing,, such as offensive tackle, edge rusher, linebacker, cornerback, and defensive line. While they ended the draft with seven picks after a pair of trades, each of those areas were addressed along with adding another wide receiver to an already stacked room.

Brad Holmes kicked off the 2026 draft by picking Blake Miller at No. 17, a tackle out of Clemson who started 54 games and played a school-record 3,778 offensive snaps.

Detroit Lions draft pick Skyler Gill-Howard is former walk-on, worked at FedEx.

The Detroit Lions dipped back into the college cornerback pool on yesterday, grabbing Arizona State’s Keith Abney II with the 157th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. The two-year starter out of Tempe arrives as a twitchy, physical defensive back whose film and numbers line up neatly with what teams want in a modern nickel and core special-teamer.

Dakota Guerrant, the top-ranked high school football recruit in Michigan and a junior at Harper Woods, paid it forward on Sunday by hosting his first youth football camp on Detroit's east side.

A new Michigan football staff that mostly hails from the west is working to establish recruiting roots in state, particularly in Detroit.