The Detroit Lions will venture behind enemy lines to Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Thursday night to make their first pick in the 2025 NFL draft, where they hold the No. 28 overall selection in the first round.
The Lions have a total of seven picks in this year's draft, including at least one in each round but the fifth. That pick was sent to the Cleveland Browns in the 2024 deadline trade for edge rusher Za'Darius Smith, who is no longer with the team.
Detroit's third-round pick is a compensatory selection after the New York Jets hired Aaron Glenn. The Lions' original third-round selection was used to trade up for offensive lineman Giovanni Manu in 2024 and now belongs to the Jets.
The Lions don't have their original sixth-round selection thanks to the Donovan Peoples-Jones trade in 2023, but do have the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' sixth-rounder from the Carlton Davis trade last offseason. The Lions have an extra seventh-rounder from trading up for Terrion Arnold in the 2024 draft.
Detroit Lions NFL draft picks 2025
- Round 1, Pick No. 28
- Round 2, Pick No. 60
- Round 3, Pick No. 102 (comp pick)
- Round 4, Pick No. 130
- Round 6, Pick No. 196 (from TB)
- Round 7, Pick No. 228 (from DAL)
- Round 7, Pick No. 244
What time does 2025 NFL draft start?
- Date: Thursday, April 24
- Time: 8 p.m. ET
- Location: Lambeau Field (Green Bay, Wi.)
- Channels: ESPN, ABC, NFL Network
What time will Lions make first-round pick?
Unfortunately for those Lions fans who have to be up early in the morning on Friday, you're going to have to stay up late to see the Lions' No. 28 pick.
The Kansas City Chiefs traded up for the No. 28 overall selection in 2024 and the announcement that the team was drafting wide receiver Xavier Worthy came in at 11:30 p.m. ET, so expect it around then.
Of course, the time the Lions pick can be impact by several factors, like the number of overall trades that go down in Round 1, for example.
As we've seen with general manager Brad Holmes, he isn't afraid to make a trade up. If the Lions take that approach, their pick will obviously come in earlier. Last year, Holmes traded up five spots in the first round to nab Arnold.
The Lions are also in a spot where teams could be looking to get back into the first round for a quarterback. Don't rule out the Lions trading out of the first round entirely and not making a single pick on Thursday night.
That would stink for those who waited up for the Lions' selection, but it's just the nature of the NFL draft.
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