Lions Take Cornerback Quandre Diggs With Sixth-Round Pick
As a senior, Diggs logged 73 tackles, three interceptions and five pass breakups. In his four seasons for Texas, he started 49 games.
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As a senior, Diggs logged 73 tackles, three interceptions and five pass breakups. In his four seasons for Texas, he started 49 games.
The 6-foot-, 230-pound Burton played in all 13 games for Rutgers as a fifth-year senior in 2014.
Wright attributed part of his struggles to late notice from Auburn about what his role on the team would be.
To move into the fourth round, the Lions traded their 2016 third-round pick to the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Lions have one pick each in the fifth, sixth and seventh rounds.
The NFL draft is all about the future. Except when legends of the game steal the show, as Jim Kelly, Dick Butkus, Ickey Woods and Rick Upchurch did in the second round.
Carter started 12 games as a junior and recorded 41 tackles, defended 10 passes, intercepted a pass and forced a fumble.
Clark was kicked off Michigan's team last November after being arrested on assault charges.
The Panthers traded up Friday night to select Michigan wide receiver Devin Funchess in the second round of the NFL draft.
Tomlinson moved to the U.S. from Jamaica when he was 11, after growing up in a crowded home on the Caribbean island.
Abdullah rushed for 1,611 yards and 19 touchdowns on 264 attempts as a senior.
When your backup plan is either a guy who ran out of the back of the end zone or an undrafted free agent, you'd better do whatever it takes to keep Matt Stafford healthy.
By adding two new offensive linemen, the Detroit Lions bolstered one area of concern. But there are still some more positions of need.
"The opportunity to get Manny was pretty important for us," general manager Martin Mayhew said. "We had three opportunities to move back."
Eventually, Tomlinson wants to go to medical school and become a neurosurgeon, but first he will play guard for the Detroit Lions.
Here's a look at some of the most memorable moments from the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft.
The Detroit Lions have drafted guard Laken Tomlinson of Duke in the first round Thursday night after trading down from the No. 23 pick to No. 28 in a deal with Denver.
The Lions moved from 23rd to 28th and received veteran offensive lineman Manny Ramirez, a 2015 fifth-round pick and a 2016 fifth-round pick.
"One thing that I've learned about this process is it's very unpredictable. You don't know what's going to happen, so you've got to prepare for everything. We'll be ready for every alternative."
This years first round pick and draft overall is even more important as Detroit comes off just their third playoff appearance since 1999.
Authorities say NFL prospect Shane Ray has been issued a misdemeanor citation after a trooper found a small amount of marijuana in the defensive end's car.
"I think we have been, since 2011, more cautious in terms of our sources and the people that we're talking to," Mayhew said Friday.
The most important day of the NFL season begins on Thursday night in Chicago as the NFL Draft finally gets underway.
"I think that they really liked me," Lockett said, "and I really had a great time with them."
Humphries, who decided to leave Florida after his junior season, started 10 games for the Gators in 2014.
