With the 2024 NFL draft just a few days away, it's time for one last mock draft round-up for the Detroit Lions — and this one features a mock that has Detroit making a massive trade up in the first round.
In a recent mock draft from Pro Football Focus, the Lions trade all the way up from No. 29 to No. 15 to grab one of the best cornerbacks in year's class, Toledo cornerback Quinyon Mitchell.
The trade has the Lions giving up pick Nos. 29 and 61, and a 2025 third-round selection in exchange for the Indianapolis Colts' first-round pick and fourth-round (No. 117).
This would be quite the move for the Lions, and one that makes sense. Mitchell not only checks the box of the long-term solution Detroit needs on the outside, he'd also provide an immediate boost to the secondary in a season in which the Lions have Super Bowl aspirations — sign me up.
Now, the rest of our mock draft round-up for the Lions.
Detroit Lions NFL mock draft round-up
Vinnie Iyer, Sporting News (7 rounds)
Round 1: EDGE Chop Robinson, Penn State
Round 2: WR Ricky Pearsall, Florida
Round 3: G Christian Haynes, Connecticut
Round 5: CB Jarvis Brownlee Jr., Louisville
Round 6: DT Marcus Harris, Auburn
Round 6: G Trevor Keegan, Michigan
Round 7: CB Qwan'tez Stiggers, CFL
Jordan Reid, ESPN (7 rounds)
Round 1: DB Cooper DeJean, Iowa
Round 2: WR Ricky Pearsall, Florida
Round 3: G Cooper Beebe, Kansas State
Round 5: EDGE Brennan Jackson, Washington State
Round 6: DT Jowon Briggs, Cincinnati
Round 6: CB Johnny Dixon, Penn State
Round 7: OT Ethan Driskell, Marshall
Bucky Brooks, NFL.com
Round 1: CB Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
Charles McDonald and Nate Tice, Yahoo Sports
Round 1: DT Michael Hall Jr., Ohio State
Ari Meirov, The 33rd Team
Round 1: G/C Zach Frazier, West Virginia
Gordon McGuinness, PFF
Round 1: CB Nate Wiggins, Clemson
Chris Simms, NBC Sports
Round 1: EDGE Chop Robinson, Penn State
Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press
Round 1: DB Cooper DeJean, Iowa
Jeff Risdon, Lions Wire
Round 1: CB Mike Sainristil, Michigan
Reuben Frank, NBC Sports
Round 1: CB Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
Eric Edholm, NFL.com
Round 1: G/C Zach Frazier, West Virginia
Walter Cherepinsky, Walter Football
Round 1: C Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon
