If the Lions do decide to go defense with their first-round pick, it would continue a trend over recent years for Detroit, as it drafted a defensive player with their top pick in three of the last four years and 17 overall defensive players since Holmes took over in 2021.

Along with fellow 2022 class defensive tackle Mason Graham, Kenneth Grant was referred to by Jim Harbaugh as 'a gift from the football gods.' That became especially apparent in 2023 when at Penn State,