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Newly-selected Detroit Lions interior OL Christian Mahogany is the first interior offensive lineman Detroit has ever selected from Boston College Football.
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The Detroit Lions have selected Boston College Football interior OL Christian Mahogany with the 210th pick of the 2024 NFL Draft.
In 2023, he did not allow a sack or a QB hit in 422 pass-blocking snaps (per PFF).
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Newly-selected Detroit Lions DL mekhi wingo is the first defensive player out of LSU Football that Detroit has drafted since 1974.
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The Detroit Lions have selected LSU Football DL mekhi wingo with the 189th pick of the 2024 NFL Draft.
Wingo was a team captain in 2023 and was a Third-Team AP All-American in 2022.
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Newly-selected Detroit Lions RB Sione Taufa Vaki is the first running back Detroit has ever selected from Utah Football.
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The Detroit Lions have selected Utah Football S Sione Taufa Vaki with the 132nd overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.
He was named First-Team All-Pac-12 in 2023.
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Newly-selected Detroit Lions T Giovanni Manu is the first NFL player to be drafted out of the University of British Columbia, and is the highest-drafted tackle by Detroit since Penei Sewell in 2021.
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With the 126th pick of the 2024 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions have selected UBC Football T Giovanni Manu.
Manu is the first player from the University of British Columbia to be selected in any NFL Draft.
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With the selection of Mizzou Football CB Ennis Rakestraw Jr in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions have now selected a cornerback with their first two picks of a given Draft for the first time in the Super Bowl era.
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With the 61st pick of the 2024 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions select Mizzou Football CB Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
Rakestraw produced an 80.7 overall PFF grade in 2023 and logged an 89.0 PFF run-defense grade.
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For the first time in franchise history, Detroit has selected a player from the same program in the first round of three-straight NFL Draft:
β24: Terrion βπΎβπππ" Arnold
β23: Jahmyr Gibbs
β22: jamo
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Newly-selected Detroit Lions CB Terrion βπΎβπππ" Arnold is the third player Detroit has drafted in the first round out of Alabama in three-consecutive years.
He is the first defensive player the Lions have selected in the first round out of Alabama since at least 1994.
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With the 24th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions select Alabama Football CB Terrion βπΎβπππ" Arnold.
The 2023 First-Team AP All-American tied for 5th in the FBS with 17 PDs last season.
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The Detroit Lions have signed T Penei Sewell to a contract extension.
Sewell is one-of-two Lions offensive linemen since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger to be named First-Team AP All-Pro.
#CCSDetroit alum, Gregory Shamus spends his Sundays on the sidelines capturing iconic moments in @lions history for Getty Images ππΈ
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The Detroit Lions have introduced a black uniform for the 3rd time in franchise history, first doing so in 1948 before wearing black jerseys twice a season from 2005-07.
This marks the first time Detroit will pair a blue helmet with a black uniform.